TUBERCULATED HERRING. 175 



scurely rhomboid, deciduous, and disposed in ob- 

 liquely imbricated rows : fms grey : tail forked : 

 native of the Indian and Red seas. 



DORAB HERRING. 



Clupea Dorai). C. pinnis 'ventralibns mmntiSf labia superiort 

 deniibus porrectis bicorni, inferiori longiori, dcntihus TaUdi" 

 oribus, erectis. Lin. Gmel. Forsk. Arab. 

 ., Herring with minute pectoral fins, upper jaw horned by pro- 

 minent teeth, and lower furnished with strong upright teeth. 



Shape linear: colour silvery, tinged with dusky 

 blue above ; head flattish : upper jaw furnished in. 

 front with exserted teeth, standing remote from 

 each other, and of which the tw^o middle ones are 

 larger than the rest and very sharp : gill-covers 

 marked by rivular stripes : scales rounded and de- 

 ciduous : dorsal fin placed considerably beyond 

 the middle of the back : ventral fms very small : 

 tail forked. Native of the Red Sea : observed by 

 Forskal. 



TUBERCULATED HERRING. 



Clupea Tuberculata. C. mandibula infiriore breunre, rostr» 

 apice tuberculo verrucoefor7ni, macula miniata ad superiores 

 branchiarum commissuras. Commerson. Cepede. 5. p. 460. 

 ' Herring with the lower jaw shorter than the upper, a wart-like 

 prominence on the snout, and a red spot at the upper com- 

 missures of the jaws, 



A VERY small species : colour silvery, with a 

 slight tinge of blue above : mouth wide : dorsal fin 



