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JAPANESE ATHERINE. 



Jamaica, in the harbours of which island it is very 

 common, and is called by the name of the Silver- 

 Fish, or Small Anchovy. 



SIHAMA ATHERINE. 



Atherina Sihama. A. viridi-ccerulescens subpellucida, pinna ani 



radiis viginti-tribus. 

 Blueish-green subpellucid Atherine, with twenty-three rays 



in the dorsal fin. 

 Atherina Sihama. A. pinnis ventralibus subthor acids ^ radiis 



dorsalis pinner undecim. Forsk, Arab. p. 70. 



Shape lanceolate: length about a span and half : 

 silvery band opake and rather obscure : ventral fins 

 situated almost beneath the thoracic ones, so that 

 the fish might be referred to the tribe of Thoracic 

 Fishes : scales middle-sized : native of the Red 

 Sea. 



JAPANESE ATHERINE. 



Atherina Japonica. A. fusco-rubescens, fascia laierali latissima. 

 Reddish-brown Atherine, with very broad lateral band. 

 A. Japonica. A. pinna dorsi unica quinqueradiata. Lin. Gmel, 

 Houttwjn Act.'Haarl. 20. p. 340. 



Length three or four inches : head without 

 scales : no visible teeth in the jaws. Native of the 

 Japanese sea. 



