Tank No. 7. 
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conspicuous by its sombre appearance. It is a quiet fish, usually 
associating with companions of its own species, and examining the 
bottom of the tank with great deliberation. Umbrina (Fig. 162, tank 7), 
which is very like it, is of more rare occurrence. 
Fig. 157. Cantharus vulgaris, ^ nat. size. Tank 5. 
Fig. 158. Chrysophrys aurata, nat. size. Tank 10. 
Of the family of Herrings may be mentioned -— besides the Herring 
tself, Clupea harengus , which occurs only rarely in the Bay — 
the Pilchard or Sardine, 
Clupea pilchardus, and 
the Anchovy, Engraulis 
encrasicholus. The lat¬ 
ter was known to the 
ancients, but this is not 
the case with the Sardine 
or the Herring. Anchovy- 
fishery is only of impor¬ 
tance on the French coast, 
for the so-called "Anchovy” 
which is imported from Norway is nothing but the Common Sprat, Clupea 
sprattus. Sardines, on the other hand, are as frequent on the English 
Fig. 159. Smarts vulgaris, l j^ nat. size. Tank 13. 
