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SILVER-STRIPED HERRING. 



Clupea Athejrinoides. C. fuscOj fascia utrinque ImtgitudinaU 

 argentea. 



Brown Herring, marked on each side by a longitudinal sSverjr 

 band. 



Clupea atherlnoides. C. lined laterali argentea. Lin, Syst, Nat. 

 .Clupea stria longitudinal! argentea. Block, t. 408./, 1 . 



Length about ten mclies : shape lengthened, 

 and the habit or general appearance greatly re- 

 sembling that of an Atherine : colour brown, with 

 a broad and well defined silvery band running from 

 the gills to the tail : scales large : abdomen cari- 

 nated as far as the vent by a series of dilated scales: 

 snout obtuse : upper jaw longer than the lower : 

 dorsal fin placed at some distance beyond the 

 middle of the back : tail lunated : anal fin shallow 

 and of considerable extent : ventral fins very smalK 

 Native of the Indian and American seas, and some- 

 times found in those of Europe. 



BRISTLED-JAWED HERRING. 



Clup6a Setirostris. C. maxillce svperioris ossicuUs tateralibus 

 setaceis, pinna ani r ad lis friginti duobus, Lin, GmeLp^ 1407. 

 Brousson. ic/itk.fasc, I. t, II. 



Clupea Bealama. Forsk. Arab. p. 72. 



Herring with the lateral bones of the upper jaw terminating wt 

 a setaceous process. 



Shape lanceolate : colour silvery, tinged with 

 blue above : head short ; mouth wide : scales ob^ 



