PLATE 80 
PLATE LVII. 
CLUPEA ALOSA. 
SHAD. 
**** 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 
setaceous : cover, either of three or four plates, membrane with eight 
rays. 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. 
Sides with black spots : snout bifid. 
Clupea Alosa : lateribus nigro-maculatis, rostro bifido. Linn. — 
Gmel. Syst. Nat. p. 1404 . sp. 3 . 
Clupea apice maxillae superioris bifido, maculis nigris utrinque. 
Art. Gen . 1. syn. 15 . sp. 34 . 
Vot. Ill, 
F 
