96-4 i^ISHES. ABDOMINAD. 5<j; Atherina. 
Macknata. An-i\. fin with 17 rays. 
Inhabits the /?ei6'ea: 2-J fpatis long; filvery, tack 
blueifli ; fcales entire, llriate. 
Head as broad as the body ; crown flat, with a very broad ' 
behind broader, oval ; eyes large, near the crownr, irisfilv'^; 
ieeth numerous and very fine ; upper tip Ihorter, 
gill-covers naked, very entire ; lateral line imall, in theni_‘d»^f 
of the body ; dorfal^ anal and tail fins glaucous, the 2 
ones beneath yellowifh ; pectoral and ientral yello"'’ ' 
whilifh behind, 
4 17 : ''■'(■nt- 15 : an. : caud, 18 rays. 
50. ATHERINA. tipper /aw a little 
gill-membrane 6- rayed: fides with ^ 
filvery ftripe. 
‘*llefp(tiis. Anal fin with about 12 rays. j 
Inhabits the Mediterranean, European and Red Seas : 3 "'^^' 
inches long ; bark thick, belly a little prominent ; 
varied with a few black fpots, and nearly pellucid. ,, 
Crown broad, flat, floplng at the front ; eyes near the 
iris with a brown fpot above ; jaws with numerous 
teeth; lateral lint double, imprefled, 
D. 8, 12: 13 : v.l: a. t6 : c. i-j rayS. 
Silver'Py 
body fmall, pellucid ; ^ 
Menidia, Anal fin with 24. rays. 
Inhabits frefh waters of Carolina 
ipotted with black. 
Teeth numerous on the lips, but none in the jaws or toug^ 
lateral line filvery ; tail forked. ' 
Dorf. 5 — lo; pect. 13 : vent. 6 : an. caud. 22 rays* 
Sihama. Anal fin with 23 rays. ,u 
. Inhabits the Red Sea ; a i^an and half long ; body fubpell'^*'* 
fcales rounded, flightly toothed. ^ 
Head tapering, depreffed, beneath flattened; crown flat lj 
the eyes and fcaly ; iris white, above brown ; lips obtulCi 
upper protraaile; teeth likethofe of A. hefperus ; lateral 
nearer the back ; vent in the middle of the body ; fas g'* 
cous; era/ lanceolete. 
Horf. 21 : pect, t 6 : vent. 6 : an. 23 ; caud, 17 rays* 
