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A T H E R I N E. 



Class IV. 



XXXVL 



ATHE- 



RINE. 



The upper jaw a little fiat. 



Six branchioftegous rays. 



A filvery llripe along the fide. 



157. Athe- Epfetus ? Behn, 209. 



r.lNE, E%|/>?Tcj, Atherina. RcndeL 



215, 216. BoJJuet Epig. 

 66, 67. Ge/izer pifc. 71, 



Pifciculus AngueUa Venetiis 

 diflus ; forte Hepfetus Ron- 

 dektii^ vel Atherina ejuf- 



dem. Wil. Icth, 209. 



Rati fyn. pifc. 79. 

 Atherina. Jrted.Jynon. App. 



116. 

 Atherina Hepfetus. A. pinna 



ani radiis fere duodecini. 



Li?i. fyji. 519. Grmo'v. 



Zooph. No. 399. 



THIS fpecies is very common in the fea near 

 Scuthampton^ where it is called a Smelt. \ The 

 higheft feafon is from March to the latter end of 

 May, or beginning of June-, in which month it 

 fpawns. It never deferts the place •, and' is con- 

 ftantly taken except in hard froft. It is alfo found 

 on other coafts of our ifland. 



The length is above four inches one-fourth. 

 The back ftrait: the belly a little protuberant. 

 On the back are two fins. I neglected to count 

 the rays. The tail is much forked. 



The fiili is femipellucid, covered with fcales i 

 i:he color filvery, tinged vniw yellow : the fide line 

 ftraic : beneath it is a rov/ of fmall black fpots. 



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