LONG-HEADED HERRING. 177 



into an extended filament : ventral fins placed 

 pretty near the thorax : tail forked. Native of the 

 Indian seas : observed by Commerson. 



NASAL HERRING. 



.Clupea Nasus. C. argentea, dor so cccrulescenfe^ naso ohiiisOj 

 prom 'mentey 7'adio ultimo pirinx dorsaUs elongafo. 



Silvery Herring with obtuse^ prominent snout^ and the last 

 ray of the dorsal fin elongated. 



Clupea Nasus. C, maxilla superiore pivminente, SfC. Block, t, 

 42g. 



Length about seven or eight inches : shape not 

 unlike that of a Carp : snout blunt, rounded, and 

 projecting, so that the mouth appears placed be- 

 neath : colour silvery, with a dusky blueish tinge 

 above : scales large and rounded : dorsal fin of si- 

 milar shape with that of the C. Thrissa, and termin- 

 ated behind by a long filament : tail forked. Na- 

 tive of the Indian seas, and sometimes observed in 

 rivers : in no esteem as a food, being considered as 

 unwholesome. 



long-headed herring. 



Clupea Macrocephala. C, argentea, supra cocrulescens, capita 

 elongato, maxilla superiore longiore, pinnis rubentibvs. 



Silvery Herring, blueish above, with lengthened head^ upper 

 jaw longer than the lower, and reddish fins. 



Clupea macrocephala. Cepede. 5. p. 46o. 



Shape lengthened : head long, equallii^g about 

 a sixth of the whole fish : upper lip extending be- 

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