. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 37. CLUPEID^ SPRATELLOIDES. 263 remain there permanently. The current genera are ill defined and apparently too numerous, and we have followed Dr. Giinther in refer- most of them to Clupea. The rudimentary teeth are extremely variable, even in the samo species. (Clupeiike groni^ Clupeina and Duaaumieriina G'iLnthor, v'l'i, il2-'iG7.) * Belly roiiudod, covered with ordinary scales; supijleinontal bouos of maxillary very narrow. (Duasumieriitia:') a. Veutrals small, behind dorsal; teeth small, persistent on jiiws, vo
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 37. CLUPEID^ SPRATELLOIDES. 263 remain there permanently. The current genera are ill defined and apparently too numerous, and we have followed Dr. Giinther in refer- most of them to Clupea. The rudimentary teeth are extremely variable, even in the samo species. (Clupeiike groni^ Clupeina and Duaaumieriina G'iLnthor, v'l'i, il2-'iG7.) * Belly roiiudod, covered with ordinary scales; supijleinontal bouos of maxillary very narrow. (Duasumieriitia:') a. Veutrals small, behind dorsal; teeth small, persistent on jiiws, vomer, palatines, pterygoids, and tongue Etrumkus, TiO. aa. Ventrals below dorsal; teeth wanting oi deciduous Spratelloiues, 121. â¢* Belly compressed, armed with bony serra); supplemental bones of maxillary broad. (Clupeince.) ft. Scales with their posterior margins entire and rounded. .: â : j,;,, c. Last ray of dorsal not produced, d. Scales thin, deciduous Clupea, 122. dii. Scales lirm, ailherent, regularly arranged Harengula, 123. ci\ Last ray of dorsal produced in a long fdameut Opisthonema, 124. bb. Scales with their posterior margins vertical, and pectinate or fluted. ' ' " Brevooutia, 126. 120.âETRUIWEUS Bleeker. ' Round Herrings. (Blceker, Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv, Japan, 48: type Clupea micropua Schlegel, from Japan.) Body elongate, fusiform, subcylindrical, snout pointed. Mouth ter- minal, rather wide, the maxillary extending to opposite the eye, its sup- plemental i)ieces slender; jaws and most of the bones of the mouth with small but permanent teeth. Scales cycloid, entire, very decidu- ous. Branchiostegals fine, about 15 in number. Pyloric coeca numer- ous. Belly rounded, covered with ordinary scales. Fins all small, the anal especially so. Ventrals behind dorsal. Two species known. {fiTpov, abdomen; (J/iM, 262; Giinther, vl, 407.) £.OIDE§ Bleeker. (Blocker, Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv, Ilaring, 29: typo Clupea argyrotaniia Bleeker.) Body elongate, s
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