106 FISHES. AfcDOMINALES. SO. 31. 32. 



European Atherine.' Br. Zool. t. 65. Donovan, t. 87. 



Body 5 or 6 inches long, elegantly icticulate with brown fpeeks. 

 a little prominent on the belly, covered with large fcaJes : croun 

 broad', sloping : iris with a brown fpot above '.jaws with numerous 

 fmall teeth : gill-covers silvery : sides with abroad polished silvery 

 stripe from the gills to the tail, through the middle of which is 

 the later a I- line which is straight, impressed,- and has a row of black 

 <lots beneath it: dorfal-fins 8, 11 -rayed; pectoral 13; ventral 6; 

 *«fl/ 10-14 ; ta// forked, 15-rayed. 



30. MUGIL. Mullet. 



108. M, Cephalus. Silvery-grey, dusky oil the back : 

 sides with numerous longitudinal blackish lines : first 

 dorsal-fin 4-rayed. 



Common Mullet. Br. ZooL t. 66. Donovan t. 15. 



Body 14 or 15 inches long, a little convex on the back and protu- 

 berant on the belly : 'head, flattened, taper: mouth fmall: tongue 

 rough : pupil black, encircled with a fmall silvery line ; iris hazel 

 above, silvery below : belly silvery : fins bluish : dorfal-fins 4, 8- 

 rayed ; pectoral 1,7 ; ventral 7 j anal 9 ; tail forked, 14-rayed, and 

 2 vefy'short ones each side. ' 



31, EXOCCETUS. Flying-fish, 



109. 'E. votitans. Silvery, brownish on the back : ventral- 

 fins placed before the middle of the belly. 



Oceanic Flying-fish. Br. Zool. t. 67. Donovan, t 31. 



Body 12 or 14 inches long, flat on the back, and carihate each 

 side on the belly, mounded and taper : head large, ©btufe : scales 

 large : dorfal-fin near the tail, 14-rayed y. pectoral pointed, nearly as> 

 long as the body, 15-rayed ; ventral slightly lunate, 6 ;a»a/ opposite 

 the doffal, 13 ; tail forked^ with unequal lobes, 1,5-rayed. 



32. CLUPEA. Herring. 



110. Cl : linrengus. Silvery , dusk^-gTeen on t he "back : 

 lower- jaw longer: anal-fin 17-rayed : scales -easily 

 deciduous. 



Common Herring. Br. Zool. t. 68. Shaw Zoo. y. t. 119.. 



Body iq or 12 inches long, a little convex on the back, with a 

 reddish or violet fpot on the gillr-covers when alive : head fmall, 

 ; taper : iris silvery : fcales rather large and easily falling' off : fins 

 cinereous, the dorfal placed behind the centre of gravity, causing 

 the head to fall down when held by it: lateral-line hardly visible : 

 belly sharply carinate, but hardly ferrate : dorfal-fin 18-iayerl ; pec- 

 toral 18 ; ventral 9 ; anal'ij y tail 18-raye'd. 



111. Cl. Pilcardus. Silvery, dusky-green on the back : 

 lower- jaw rather shorter, the upper ascending : dor- 

 sal-fin placed in the centre of gravity : scales very 

 large, adhering firmly. 



Pilchard. Br. Zool. t. 68. Donovan t. 69. Shaw v. t. 11 g. 



Body rather less than the Herring, thicker and more rounded, the 

 back more elevated, and the belly not fo sharp: head more obtufe : 

 dorsal-fin 18-rayed ; pectoral 16 ; ventral % ; anal 1.7 ; tail 32-rayed. 



112. Cl. Alosa. Silvery, dusky on the back : along the 

 sides a row of rounded black spots : belly serrate. 



Shad. Br. Zool. t. 69. Donov. t. 57. Shaw v. t. 120. 



Body 2 or 3 feet long, dusky-green or bluish on the back, convex 

 above and below : fr.out bifid ; upper-jaw a little longer, toothed at 

 " the edge : gill-covers striate, silvery at the edge ; fcales large, dcci- 



