■;i! ¡I ¿ II!;
The colour o f 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.
C l u p e a ore simo; maxilla injeriore tru n ca ta ; abdomine from im d o , carinato, serrato; p inm s
ventralibus exiguis.
T h e C l u p e a w i t h a f l a t m o u t h , t h e l o w e r j a w t r u n c a t e ; t h e b e l l y a l i t t l e p r o m i n e n t ,
c a r i n a t e , s e r r a t e d ; v e r y s m a l l v e n t r a l f i n s .
C a lled b y th e N a tiv e s D i t c h o e e .
B . v i . D . 1 7 . P . 1 8 . V. 7 . A. 37. C. 1 8 .
T his 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 tiie herring.
Lengtb seven inches.
REMARKS.
It is a much inferior fish for the table, to the Kowal, No. CLX X X V I. and not nearly so abundant.
This species agrees in some respects with the Clupea Sima of Linneus.
No. CXCIII.
C l u p e a corpore oblongo-ovato; lineis lateralihus d uabus; p in n is ventralibus nullis.
T h e C l u p e a w i th a n o b lo n g -o v a te b o d y ; two la te ra l lin e s ; n o v e n tra l fins.
C alled b y th e N a tiv e s T a r t o o r e .
B . ii. D . 1 2 . P . 1 3 . V. 0 . A . 5 3 . C. 2 0 .
T his 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 compact,
especially on the sides, and less deciduous than usual in this genus. The anus middle.
TheZ«:5- 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. C X C I ; 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.
I of a yellowish-T he colour very difierent from that of the herring; the upper parts 1 white, the rest
silvery. The fins glassy, with a yellowish tinge.
Length six inches and a half.
REMARKS.
This species in the want of ventral fins, and in having two rays only in the branchial membrane, agrees with
the Clupea Sternicula of Linneus, but by no means with the Gasteropelicus described by Gronovius to which
reference is made, Linn. S .N . p. 524.
It may be further remarked, that both the Sima and Sternicla of Linneus are omitted by Gmelin.
No. CXCIV.
C l u p e a corpore oblongo; p in n a anali ra d iis qu a d ra g in ta ; macida a d marginem superiorem
operculi.
T h e C l u p e a w i th w ith an o b lo n g b o d y ; an an a l fin o f fo r ty r a y s ; a n d a sp o t a t th e
u p p e r ed g e o f th e o p e rc u lum .
C alled b y tb e N a tiv e s P o o r a y a .
B . . Z). 13. Z. 13. F. 7. A. 40. C. 20.
T he hody oblong, scales large, deciduous.
The bead large, compressed; the front declivous, grooved, rostrum obtuse. Mouth oblique; jaws rough
like a file. Eyes middle, large, iris silvery. Opercula smooth, the posterior lamina acuminate, above which on
the lateral line is a roundish dark spot.
The trunk comes nearest in form to No. C LX X X IX . a fish bearing nearly the same name; but there is no
reverted, serrated, maxillary process; no prickle before the dorsal fin ; and the large squamæ at the pectoral
and ventral fins are wanting, The abdomen is straighter, and the lateral line more conspicuous.
The fins. The dorsal, ventral and anal fins as in No. C LX X X IX . ; the pectoral acuminate in the middle ;
the caudal fin bifid.
The colour. My memoranda liere defective, as also in respect to the branchial membrane.
Length seven inches and a half.
No. CXCV.
C l u p e a corpore o va to ; maculis p a r v is ab.scuris, in serie, supra lineam lateralem.
T l i e C l u p e a w itli an ovate b o d y ; a n d a row o f small, o b scu re spots, above th e lateral lin e .
C alled b y th e N a tiv e s K e e l e e .
B . V. D . 1 5 . Z. 1 5 . V. s. A . 18 . C .2 0 .
T his species differing in its exterior shape, and somewhat in the colour, from the Kowal, No. C LX X X V I.
agrees nearly in other respects with the description given of that fish.
The body is broader, sliorter, more ovate; the eyes larger; the nostrils not in a groove; the lateral line
supreme, and (as in the Kowal) hardly discernible.