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MALABAR HERRING. 



Clupea Malabarica. C. albo-ccerulescens, maxilla inferior e curm, 



squamis magnis, abdomine serrato. 

 Blueish-white Herring, with curved lower jaw, large scales, 



and serrated abdomen. 

 Clupea Malabarica. C. maxilla inferiore curm. Block, t. 432. 



Length about twelve inches : shape hke that of 

 the common Herring, but deeper : colour white, 

 slightly shaded with pale blue on the edges of the 

 scales : head and back brownish : head rather large 

 and short : lower jaw a trifle longer than the upper, 

 and turning up : lips or side-plates pretty strongly 

 serrated : fms pale, or whitish : the anal fin shallow, 

 but of greater extent than in most of this genus : 

 ta-il forked : lateral Line nearer the back than the 

 abdomen. Native of the Indian seas, and observed 

 about the coasts of Malabar, but in no esteem as a 

 food, and only occasionally eaten by the lowest 

 orders. 



AFRICAN HERRING. 



Clupea Africana. C. argentea, derso olivaceOf abdomine serrato, 



pinnis ventralibus minimis. 

 Silvery Herring, with olivaceous back^ serrated abdomen, and 



very small ventral fins. 

 Clupea Africana. C. pinna ani longa^^ maxilla inferiore longiore. 



Block, t. 407. 



Length a foot : shape much deeper than that of 

 the common Herring, and rather approaching to 



