...inferior edge of the preoperele less angular : the dorsal line less convex : dorsal fin commencing exactly half-way between the point of the nose and the end of the fleshy portion of the tail ; the first ray short ; the second longest : pectorals longer in proportion...

...the fish ; the depth of the body rather exceeding the length of the head : the dorsal fin commences about halfway between the point of the nose and the end of the fleshy portion of the tail ; its longest ray one-third longer than the base of the fin, and equal to...

...the body, and from thence nearly straight to the taii. The first ray of the dorsal fin arises exactly half-way between the point of the nose and the end of the fleshy portion of the tail ; the first ray short, the second the longest in the fin ; both rays simple,...

...the whole fish, to the end of the fleshy portion of the tail; the posterior edge of the dorsal-fin, half-way between the point of the nose and the end of the longest caudal-rays ; the adipose fin, rather nearer the dorsal-fin than the end of the tail : the...

...compared to the length of the whole fish, is as one to seven ; the first ray of the dorsal fin arises half-way between the point of the nose and the end of the fleshy portion of the tail ; the third ray of the dorsal fin, which is the longest, is of the same...

...compared to the length of the whole fish, is as one to seven ; the first ray of the dorsal fin arises halfway between the point of the nose and the end of the fleshy portion of the tail ; the third ray of the dorsal fin, which is the longest, is of the same...

...there are seven, and below the lateral line to the ventral there are four. The dorsal fin commences half-way between the point of the nose and the end of the shorter tail-rays. The fin-rays are — dorsal, 10 ; pectoral, 15 ; ventral, 9 ; anal, 13; caudal,...

...there are seven, and below the lateral line to the ventral there are four. The dorsal fin commences half-way between the point of the nose and the end of the shorter tail-rays. The fin-rays are — dorsal, 10 ; pectoral, 16 ; ventral, 9 ; anal, 13; caudal,...

...of the head exhibits various mucous orifices, placed in pairs ; the eyes near the frontal line, and half-way between the point of the nose and the end of the gill-cover ; cheeks and upper part of the operculum covered with scales ; preoperculum and opercult,m...

...encrasicolns. Anchovy. Body not deep, but proportionally thicker than the herring ; first ray of the dorsal half-way between the point of the nose and the end of the fleshy portion of the tail, the origin of the pectorals considerable in advance of it. Pin-rays, D....