PLATE 82 
Plate l. 
CLUPEA ENCRASICOLUS. 
ANCHOVY. 
PISCES ABDvMINALESi 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Lead compressed ; mouth compressed, denticulate within : jaws 
unequal, upper one with serrated mystaces : tongue short and rough, 
tvith inverted teeth: eyes moderate, round, and margined. Gills 
setaceous : 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 : 
bil bifurcated. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Upper jaW longest; 
^-eupea Encrasicolus : maxilla superiore longiore. Gmel. Syst . 
Nat. 1405. Sp. 4. , 
Clupea maxilla superiore prominente. Bloch Fisch. Deutschl. I, 
p. 212. 7i. 4. t. 30./. 2. 
Anchovy. Will. Icih. 225. 
Rail Syn. pise. 107. 
Penn. Brit. Zool. V. 3. p. 347. Sp. 163. 
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