182 FISHES. MALACOPTERYGIOUS. Clupea. 
Length from 10 to 18 inches. Head obtuse ; the upper jaw longest. 
D. 18, P. 12, V. 11, A. 11, C. 19. The second ray of the pectorals strong 
and produced. At certain seasons said to smell like thyme. Leaves the sea 
early in spring, and ascends clear and rapid streams to spawn ; returning 
again before winter. According to Mr Low, (Ork. 224.) “ This species is 
found very frequent with us ; caught with a fly, to which it rises very freely, 
and struggles hard for life. Swims very quick ; leaps much, especially when 
struck with a hook.” 
J 50. C. Lavaretus. Gwiniad, — Scales large ; above blue ; 
beneath silvery. Upper lip prominent. 
Poana, Vandesius et Gevandesius, Sibb. Scot. 20 — Guiniad, Will. Ich. 
183 — Cor. maxilla superiore longiore plana, pinna dorsi ossiculorum 
quatuordecem, Art. Ich. Syn. 19 — Salmo Lav. Linn. Syst. i. 512. 
Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 316.— Vendice; IF, Guinead Powan; G, Pol- 
lag — In lakes. 
Length about a foot. Mouth resembling that of a herring. Jaws equal. 
Gill-covers silvery, powdered with black. Belly flat. 13. 14. p. 18. (the first 
the longest) v. 12. (of a deep blue colour). A. 15. Belly flat. Gregarious. 
Spawns in December. — This fish occurs in the lakes of Cumberland and Wales, 
1 1 England ; in Loch Neagh in Ireland ; and in the Castle I.och, Lochmaten, 
(Stat. Acc. vii. 236), Loch-eikin Strachur, (ib. iv. 557-), Lochlomond, (ib. xvii. 
248.), in Scotland. It is the Coregone Clupeoide of Lacepede. 
Before concluding this enumeration of the British Salmonidm, the fish 
which Pennant has referred to the Linnean genus Argentina, under the title 
Sheppy Argentine, requires to be noticed. It is thus described, “ A little 
fish, v/hich I believe to be of this species, was brought to me, in 1769, taken 
in the sea near Downing. The length was inches ; the eyes large; the iri- 
des silvery. The lower jaw sloped much ; teeth small. The body compressed, 
and of an equal depth almost to the anal fin. The tail forked. The back 
was of a dusky green. The sides and covers of the gills as if plated with sil- 
ver. The lateral line was in the middle, and quite straight. On each side 
of the belly was a row of circular punctures : above them another, which 
ceased near the vent.”— Brit. Zool. iii. 327- The lieverend Mr Lov/ refers 
to a fish which he considers as similar to the one described by ^Pennant, 
which was once brought to him in Orkney. “ It was not above an inch in 
length ; seemed very delicate ; the colours good ; the back greenish, spotted 
with darker clouds ; the belly a fine silver ; but it lost all its fine colours 
when kept dry. All the fins were soft ; and the tail- membrane, as well as 
those of the other fins, was very thin.” — Ork. 225. The fish referred to by 
Pennant is regarded by Cuvier (Begne Animal, ii. 169), as belonging to his 
genus ScoPELUS, which differs from Argentina in the mouth and gill-opening 
being larger, and in the tongue and palate being smmoth. He considers it, 
and with some probability, as identical with S. Huirrboldti, the Serpe Hum- 
boldt of Bisso, Ich. 358. tab. x. f. 38. 
Gen. XXIV. CLUPEA. Heeeing.— M axiiiaries bent out- 
wards. Belly compressed, serrated. 
V 51. C. Harengus. Common Herring. — Anal fin about 17 
rayed ; the dorsal fin placed behind the centre of gravity. 
Harengus, Merr. Pin. 185. Sibb. Scot. 23. Will. Ich. 219 — Clupea max- 
ilia inferiore longiore, maculis nigris carens. Art. Ich. syn. 14. — C. 
Har. Linn. Syst. i. 522, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 335.— Common on the 
coast. 
