CHINESE HERRING. 17 1 



that of a Carp : body much compressed, with the 

 abdomen very sharp, and strongly serrated or cari- 

 nated as far as the vent by dilated scales, as in the 

 Shad : colour silvery^ with a dusky blueish tinge on 

 the upper parts : orbits of the eyes serrated beneath : 

 scales moderately large ; lateral line nearer the 

 back than the abdomen, and slightly curving : fins 

 pale }, anal shallow and of still greater extent than 

 in the preceding species : ventral fms so very small 

 as to bear the appearance of mere rudiments or 

 slightly expanded processes on that part : tail 

 forked. Native of the African seas, and said to be 

 extremely plentiful during the summer months 

 about the coasts of Guinea. ' 



CHINESE HERRING. 



Clapea Sinensis. C. argmfea^ dorso subvioiaceo, abdomme 

 serrato^ 'pinnisjlavis, dorsall caudaque nigra marginatis. 



Silvery Herring, with subviolaceous back, serrated abdomen, 

 and yellow fins, the dorsal fin and tail edged with black. 



Clupea Sinensis. C. ore edentulo, radio infimo hranchio&tegceqiie 

 truncato. Block, t. 405. 



Length ten or twelve inches : shape deeper thaa 

 that of the preceding, and the abdomen compressed 

 and sharply serrated, or carinated by dilated scales 

 as far as the vent : colour silvery, brownish above, 

 and marked by several obscure longitudinal yellow- 

 ish stripes : head small and short : eyes large : 

 jnouth small : scales large : fms yellowish white, 

 the dorsal marked at the base and along the edge 



