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HERRING CARP. 



Cyprinus Clupeoides. C. argenteo-ccerulescens, compresms^ 

 abdomine serratOj ore sursum curvato, pinna anali subfalcata, 

 Cauda furcata, 



Silvery-blueisb compressed Carp^ with serrated abdomen, mouth 



curving upwards, subfalcated anal fin, and forked tail. 

 Cyprinus clupeoides. C. abdomine serrato. Block, t. 408./. 2. 



Length about six inches : habit resembhng that 

 of a Herring : body compressed, with the abdo- 

 men sharply carinated : scales middle-sized : lateral 

 line curving downwards from the gills, pretty near 

 the abdomen, and then running almost strait to 

 the tail : mouth shaped as in the genus Clupea, 

 but having the teeth in the throat as in the Cyprini : 

 gill-membranes also furnished with rays : colour 

 blueish-silvery, with a dusky cast on the back, and 

 yellowish at the base of the fins : tail forked. Na- 

 tive of India, and seeming to form, as it were, a 

 connecting link between the genera of Cyprinus 

 and Clupea. 



