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PLATE LXIX. 
CLUPEA PILCHARDUS. 
PILCHARD. 
*** PISCES ABDOMINALES. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Head compressed; mouth compressed, denticulate within: jaws 
unequal, upper one with serrated mystaces : tongue short and rough, 
■with inverted teeth : eyes moderate, round, and margined. Gills 
setacous : cover, either of three or four plates, membrane with eight 
Tays. Body compressed, elongated, covered with scales of moderate 
size : lateral line straight, near the back, and running parallel with it : 
belly carinated and serrated: usually seven rays in the ventral fin; 
tail bifurcated. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Silvery, scales large and adhering firmly, upper jaw ascending : 
dorsal fin placed centrally. 
Clupea Pilchardus: argentea, squamis magnis arete infixis, 
maxilla superiore adscendente, pinna dorsali in 
medio posita. 
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