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PISCES ABDOMINALES. CLUPEA. 
The colour of the head changeable, gold, green, and blue; the rest, of the same colour as the common 
herring: all the fins have a yellowish cast, the dorsal and pectoral slightly tipped with black. 
Length eleven inches. 
No. CXCII. 
Clupea ore simo; maxilla inferiore truncata; abdomine prominulo, carinato, serrato; pinnis 
ventralibus exiguis. 
The Clupea with a flat mouth, the lower jaw truncate ; the belly a little prominent, 
carinate, serrated ; very small ventral fins. 
Called by the Natives Ditchoee. 
B. vi. D. 17. P. 18. V. 7. A. 37. C. 18. 
This species differs principally from the last, in the belly being more prominent, and the back a little more 
arched, consequently it is much broader at the shoulders; the scales bigger and broader; the nostrils single; 
the ventral fins extremely small; the anal squamous at the root, and following the form of the body rises more 
obliquely to the tail; the lateral line is perfectly straight. 
In the other characters there is little variation. 
The colour of the crown and back, changeable green and blue, with less golden than in the last; the sides 
and belly pearly. Fins as in the herring. 
Length seven inches. 
REMARKS. 
It is a much inferior fish for the table, to the Kowal, No. CLXXXVI. and not nearly so abundant. 
This species agrees in some respects with the Clupea Sima of Linneus. 
No. CXCIII. 
Clupea corpore oblongo-ovato; linen lateralibus duabus; pinnis ventralibus nullis. 
The Clupea with an oblong-ovate body ; two lateral lines ; no ventral fins. 
Called by the Natives Tartoore. 
B. ii. D. 12. P. 13. V. 0. A . 53. G. 20. 
This species, agreeing in shape of the head, rostrum, jaws, &c. with the three preceding species, is sufficiently 
distinguished from them by the two lateral lines, the want of ventral fins, and two branchial rays only. 
The body approaches nearer an oblong-ovate form; and besides the lateral line (which is straight and nearly 
middle) there is a second parallel, shorter line, near the ridge of the back. The scales are smaller, more com¬ 
pact, especially on the sides, and less deciduous than usual in this genus. The anus middle. 
The fins. The dorsal remote from the head, and very small; the pectoral nearly middle, longer than 
the head, acuminate above, and have a flat, long, ramous ossicle, as in No. CXCI; the anal rising near 
the middle, is continued to within four lines of the tail, being all along of equal height. The caudal fin bifid. 
