869 FISHES. ABDOMINAL. 54 . Clupea. 
fed, oblong, lanceolate; fcales fquaridi oblong, truncate 
notched at the bafe, the tip rounded, finooth, imbricate) 
pofed in 20 longijudinal rows. 
Head flattilh, the fcales on the top and fides obliquely, 
clofely imbricate ; tycs round, large, covered with a ^ j 
nouslkin; iris filyery ; A nearly orbicular and 
upper jaw longer, both filled with fetaccous, fubcqual te'r 
turned inwards ; tongue fmooth, loofe only at the tip } 
&t dilatable at the fides ; pal^te flattifli, obfoletely 
in the middle, the fore-part rough with fmall bones ; 
ture of the gills large; the anterior and poftcrior 
diphyllous, the upper lamina of the former^ flightly 
the laminx of the latter obfoletely ciliate ; lateral P^^.; 
lei with the back; vent nearly in the ihiddle of the 
J.1U alhy, fpotted with brown; fir ft dorfal nearly tii^pS'^. 
the fecond fubfalcate ;' peBoral oblong ; ventral trapezif®'^' 
tail 2-lobed. 
d: ptet. 16: I’Cnt. J: an, caud. rays. 
54. GLUPEA. Head comprefled : 
comprefled, rough within : jaws 
qual, the upper with ferrate myftac^ j 
tongue fhort, rough, with inveft^.^ 
teeth: eyes moderate, round, 
nal : gills fetaceous ; the covers 3 ?; 
4 leaved ; the membrane 8-ray^ j 
body comprefled, elongated, cove^^ . 
with moderate fcales : lateral ^ 
ilraight, near and parallel with 
back ; 
belly carinate and gener^l^ 
ferrate : ventral fins often o-ray^^ ' 
tail forked. 
d, 
^Harepgus Body without fpots ; lower jaw longer. Bftbfi jl* 
Inhabits Northern fcas and migrates foutherly in iramenft ^ 
towards the coafts for the purpofe of fpawning, and 
its journey is followed by numerous predatory 'fifties ; 
ceedingly fertile and well-tafted. In the north great ft***”;!!! 
ties of oil are extrafted from it. Body green varied^' 
blue, belly filvery ; it dies as foon as taken out ot 3 
water. 
