CLUPEA. HERRING. 



Generic Character. 



Mi/sfaces maxillarum supe- 

 rior um serrati. 



Membr : branch : radiis 

 octo. Branchiae intus 

 setacese. 



Abdomen acutum, Sciepius 

 carinatum. 



Side-Plates of the upper 



mandible serrated. 

 Gill-membrane eight-rayed : 



gills internally setaceous. 



Abdomen sharp, and, gene- 

 rally, serrated. 



COMMON HERRING. 



Clupea Harengus. C. argentea, dorso suhfusco, maxilla inferiore 



longiore, squamis facile deciduis. 

 Silvery Herrings with dusky back, lower jaw longer dian the 



upper, and easily deciduous scales, 

 Clupea Harengus. C. immaculataj maxilla inferiore longiore. 



Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 522. 

 Clupea maxilla inferiore longiore, pinnae ani radiis septendecim. 



Block, t. 29./. 1. 

 British Herring. Penn. Brit. Zool. 



'jThIS fish, so eminently important in a com- 

 mercial view, and which may justly be said to form 

 one of the wonders of the northern world, is princi- 

 pally distinguished by the brilliant silvery colour of 

 its body, the advancement of the lower jaw beyond 

 the upper, and by the number of rays in the anal 



