94 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM 



Genus PoMOLOBUS Rafinesque. 



The Alewives. 



Key to the species. 



a. Peritoneum pale. 



h. Form elliptical ; head zVa- mediocris 



hh. Form ovoid; head 4^. pseudoharengus 



aa. Peritoneum black. cyanonoton 



Pomolobus mediocris (Mitchill). 

 Shadine. Herring. Fall Herring. Hickory Shad. 



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Fall Herring. Pomolobus mediocris (Mitchill). 

 (Upper figure male, lower female.) 



Head 3^^; depth 3^^ ; D. iii, 13; Al 11, 18; scales about 52 

 in lateral series to base of caudal; about 16 scales between dorsal 

 and ventral; abdominal scutes 20+ 15; mandible i^^ in head; 

 base of anal lYs ; pectoral i^ ; ventral 2y/[ ; least depth of caudal 



