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SCANDINAVIAN FISHES. 
A. Var . finta — Twaite Shad (Sw. Staksitt). Fig. 248. 
Gill-rakers on the first branchial arch about- 40 — 60 
(fig. 249, a). 
B. Var. alosa — Allice Shad (Sw. Majfisk). Pi. xliii, tig. 2. 
Gill-rakers on the first- branchial arch about 90—120 
(fig. 249, b). 
R. br. 
-9; D. ; A. 1 
14 — 16 
17- 
— ; P- 
-21 14 
1 ■ V 1 • 
— 16’ ' 7—8’ 
C. x + 1 + 17 + 1 + x; L. lat. 60—65*; L. tr. 17"; Vert. 55—59' 
R. br. 7—8; D. e 5 ; AJ : P. — ; V. h - 
15—16’ 22—24’ 14—15^ 8 
C. \x + 1 + 17 + 1 + x ; L. lat. 70—80; L. tr. 20 — 23; Vert. 57— 58* 
a 
b 
Fig. 249. First left branchial arch of Clupea alosa. Natural size. 
a: of a Twaite Shad (var. finta); b: in the Allice Shad (var. alosa ) shown in PI. XLIII, fig. 2, together with a gill-raker ( X 2) 
from the middle of the arch. 
Syn. Agon , Pucelle, Alose , Belon., Nat., Divers. Poiss., pp. 267, 
302, 307. Thrissa , Rondel., De Pise. Mar., p. 220. Alosa, 
vel Alausa, aut Thrissa, Schonev., Ichthyol. Slesv. Hols., p. 
13. Shad, Willgghb., Hist. Pise., p. 227, tab. P, 3. 
Clupea apice maxillae superioris bifido, maculis nigris utrinque, 
Art. Ichthyol., Gen. Pise., p. 7; Syn., p. 15; Spec., p. 
34 (ubi: “Apophyses in parte concava” (branehiarum) “ossese, 
albae et satis robusta?” ; varietatem fintam igitur descripsit). 
Clupea Alosa , Lin., Syst. Nat., ed. X, tom. I, p. 318 (ex 
Art.; finta igitur); Br,., Fisch. Deustchl., part. I, p. 209, 
tab. XXX, fig. 1; Retz., Fna Saee. Din., p. 353; Flmng, 
Brit. Anim., p. 183; v. Yhlen, Fiskaren, 1878, p. 38; 
Mob., Hcke, Fisch. Osts., p. 141. 
Alausa vulgaris, Cuv., Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. XX, p. 
391, tab. 604; Hckl, Kn., Sussioasserf. Ostreich. Mon., p. 
228; v. Bemm. in Herklots, Bouwstoffen voor eene fauna van 
Nederland, pt. Ill, p. 382; Canestrini (Alosa), Arch. Zool., 
l’Anat., cett., vol. IV, fasc. 1 (Apr. 1866), p. 141; Steind. 
(Alausa), Stzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math. Naturw. Cl., 
a A. 20 — 25, according to Day. 
6 60 — 75, according to Day; 63 — 71, according to Fatio. 
c 16 — 17, according to Kroyer; 16 — 19, according to Fatio; 
d The latter number, according to Fatio. 
4 — 5 
e D. , according to Fatio. 
14—17(19)’ * & * * 9 
f A 3 -_ 
20—24 ’ ” ” ” 
9 Sometimes 13, ,, ,, ,, 
h V. sometimes 10, ,, ,, ,, and Day. 
* According to Fatio. 
LVII, i (1868), p. 737; Canestr. (Alosa), Fna d'ltal., 
pt. Ill, p. 22. 
Var. A. 
Alosa ficta aut falsa, Ddh., Tr. Pech., pt. II, sect. Ill, 
p. 320, tab. I, fig. 5; tab. II, fig. 1. 
Twaite Shad, Penn., Brit. Zool. 1776, vol. Ill, p. 307. 
Clupea fallax, Lacep., Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. V, p. 452. 
Clupea (Alosa) finta, Cuv., Regn. Anim., ed. 2, tom. II, 
p. 320; Nilss., Prodr. Ichthyol. Scand., p. 22; 
Yabr. (Alosa), Brit. Fish., ed. 1, vol. II, p. 131; 
Schagerstr. (Clupea), Fysiogr. Sails. Tidskr., p. 
291; Kr. (Alosa), Danin. Fisk., vol. Ill, p. 202; 
Troschel (Alausa), Arch. Naturg., Jahrg. 18, Bd. 1, 
p. 228; Nilss. (Alosa), Skand. Fna, Fisk., p. 527; 
Sieb., Sussioasserf. Mitteleur., p. 332; Gthr ( Clu- 
pea), Cat. Brit. Plus., Fish., vol. VII, p. 435; Coll. 
(Alosa), Forh. Vid. Selsk. Chrnia 1874, Tillsegsh., 
p. 195; Cederstr., Ofvers. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1876, 
No. 4, p. 67 ; Malm, Gbgs, Boh. Fna, p. 587 ; 
15 — 16, according to Lilljeborg. 
