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yond the lower : scales large and rounded : dorsal 

 fin placed rather beyond the middle of the back : 

 tail forced : colour of the whole fish silvery, with 

 the upper parts blue, and the fins reddish. De- 

 scribed by Cepede from a drawing by Plumien 

 Native of the American seas. 



TROPICAL HERRING. 



Clupea Tropica. C. alba, ahdomine serrato, cauda cuneiformi. 

 White Herrrngj with serrated abdomen^ and cuneiform tail. 

 Clupea tropica. C. cauda cuneiformi. Lin, Si/st. Nat, 



Shape broad or carp-like : mouth wide : abdo- 

 men serrated : gill-covers coated with small scales : 

 lateral line strait, but nearer the back than the 

 sibdomen ; native pf the Indian sea^. 



