HEBRIDAL SMELT. 
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tlie commencement of the dorsal; the last ray of the anal 
fin opposite the posterior edge of the adipose fin. Colour of 
the body and fins, except the bright line above mentioned, a 
dull amber, gill-covers silvery. The dorsal fin has eleven rays; 
pectoral fourteen; ventral twelve, with the usual appendix or 
wing; anal twelve; the caudal nineteen. 
