FISHES. ABDOMINAL. 54. Clupea. 87s 
jaios rough witViin ; aperture of the gills large, the covers 
flexile, very fmooth, lilvery-brown ; Ji)is brown-alh ; lalt 
ray of the dorfal long ; anal long, lubfalcate ; tail large, 
Dorf. 17 : peB. 15 ; vent. 10 : an. 25 : caud, 30 rays. 
Lateral bones of the upper jaw fetaceous ; anal fin with 
32 rays. 
Inhabits the Pacific and Red feas ; body lanceolate, lilvery, 
fhining, above biueifh ; fcales obliquely imbricate, fmootli, 
deciduous, obfoletcly rhombic. 
Head fhott, flightly curved beneath ; iris Glvery, above clouded 
with red ; month large, nearly quadrangular ; lower jars 
{horter; gullet dilatable; teeth very fliort, and unequal in - 
both jaws ; palate a little rough ; aperture of the gills large, 
fubflexuous, the covers flexile, filvery ; lateral line parallet 
with the back, fmooth, ftraight, obfolete ; vent a little be- 
hind tlie middle of the body ; Jins hoary ; dorfal nearly tri- 
angular ; pectoral oval-lanceolate ; pentral lanceolate ; anal 
long ; tail 2-lobed. 
Dorf 13 : peB. 14 ; vent. 7 : an. 32 : caud. 70 rays. 
Infills, Body enfiform ; anal fin joined to the tail. 
Inhabits the Indian fca. 
Dorf. 13 : pect. 17 ; vent. 6 : an. 86 : caud. 13 rays. 
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If and: body white, compreffed, broad, 
^^ca. Tail wedged. 
Inhabits Afct 
Head floping ; eyes large, near the gape of the mouth ; lower 
iaw loiv^er ; teeth in one row ; gill-covers fcaly ; lateral knc 
ftright nearer the back; dorfal fin extending from the middle 
of the back to the tail ; anal the fame as the dorfal. 
Dorf. 26 : pcct. 6 : vent. 6 : an. 26 : caud. 20 rays. 
""’'Ar. Outmoft ray of the gill-membrane truncate behind. 
Inhabits China ; relembles the hening, but is broader. 
without teeth; lower gill-covers or rather the outmo.i. 
ray of the gill -membrane very much truncate. 
Dorf. 16 ; pect. 16 : vent. 8 : an. 16 : caud. — rays. 
Body lanceolate, naked ; ventral, anal and caudal fins g ; 
dorfal reaching the whole length of the back ; tail 
linear. 
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