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and ventral; abdominal scutes 20 + 14; mandible i^Vi2 in head; 

 edge of dorsal anteriorly i y^ ; base of anal i ^ ; pectoral i ^ ; 

 ventral 2; least depth of caudal peduncle 2j4 ; snout 42^ in 

 head measured from tip of upper jaw; eye 4; maxillary 2?/^\ 

 interorbital space 4^^. Body ovoid, deepest anteriorly. Head 

 attenuated rather superiorly, or lower profile more oblique. Man- 



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Alewife. Pomolobus pscudoharengiis (Wilson). 

 (Upper figure male, lo\yer female.) 



dible protruding- but slightly. Maxillary reaching posterior por- 

 tion of pupil, and its greatest expansion about Ys of orbit. 

 Upper jaw emarginate in front. Interorbital space a little con- 

 vex. Opercular edge of gill-opening moderately emarginate pos- 

 teriorly and below. Gill-rakers about 2y -f 48, slender, finely 

 dentate, and equal to eye, or longer than filaments. Peritoneum 



