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+ = 2. P. mers Dorsal fs white, eley desde 
the “than tbe first EE 
anterior LS ; back and caudal ‘blackish- es 
| blues 7 ss Bush white; eyes very large, Li Li # 
. L black. 
”, ot united in a tube, placed a little before 
e eyes ; between the latier is a small whitish spots j 
branchial openings very oblique, the first smallest, , 
near the eye: feeth as in the en 
s cies; three in the front, the lateral ones in the form 
of a comma, middle ones obcordate: férst dorsal fin 
rounded behind, and elevated on the anterior parts 
3} © second dorsal elevated hefore, thence gradually des- ja. 4 
cending and connected to the caudal by the common 
skin: cal triangular at tip: sides small, ob 
4 solete bands. Lengih of the specimen six jnchés. é 
++ This species, compared witha figure ofthe P. ni. 
e ui ger of Europe, which : ade ouen, is shorter, à 
thicker tr and much ro compressed at the + 
d LA first dorsal fin, and the head is broader at the eyes. à 
herrings, andMis onlÿ occasionly caugh 
% © he P. niger is very common. in the markets of .… 
This fish en in éspring * with the shad and 
Less and is w'r prized as food, à 

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