Annual report of the Commissioners of Inland Fisheries made to the General Assembly . e reported by fishermen. A specimen from Newport is in theU. S. National Museum. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 107.) CLUPEID^. The Herrings.* 35. Etrumeus sadina (Mitchill). Round Herring. Geog. Dist.: Cape Cod to Gulf of Mexico, on sandy shores; not rare south-ward. Specimen in U. S. National Museum taken at Newport by Mr. SamuelPowell. (Bull, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 59.) 36. Clupea harengUS (Linnaeus). Sea Herring; Herring; Blue Back. (PlateVII.)Geog. Dist.: North Atlantic ocean, Europe and America. South to
Annual report of the Commissioners of Inland Fisheries made to the General Assembly . e reported by fishermen. A specimen from Newport is in theU. S. National Museum. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 107.) CLUPEID^. The Herrings.* 35. Etrumeus sadina (Mitchill). Round Herring. Geog. Dist.: Cape Cod to Gulf of Mexico, on sandy shores; not rare south-ward. Specimen in U. S. National Museum taken at Newport by Mr. SamuelPowell. (Bull, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 59.) 36. Clupea harengUS (Linnaeus). Sea Herring; Herring; Blue Back. (PlateVII.)Geog. Dist.: North Atlantic ocean, Europe and America. South to Cape Hatteras, but not abundant south of Cape in R. I.: Winter herring arrive in October or November and remain until very cold weather. The spring run arrives in May, and the fishes of that run are larger and more numerous. Young specimens, 2 inches long, taken June 6, 1893. (Prof. Jenks.)Habitat: Surface of open water. * Plates illustrating the common species of this family will be found at the end of the arti-cle on The Common Fishes of the Herring Family. Page
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