. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. On the Wve. Order IV. PHYSOSTOMI. Family CLUPEIDJE. :LLIS ^HAD. \CIIIpea alosa.) A/ausa, Cliipca alosa, Alosa covimunis, Alosa vulgaris. All is, All is Shad, AusoN., Id. X. 1. 127. Cuv., R. A. ii. p. 319: Jenyns' INIan. p. 43S ; Gunther's Cat. vii. p. 433. Yarrell, ii. p. 213; Parnell, Jlem. Werner. Soc. vii. p. 330. SiEBOLD, Siisserwasserf. p. 328. Pennant's Brit. Zool. iii. p. 307. Couch's Fish. Brit. Isl. iv. p. 117. Characters of the Genus Clupea.—"Body compressed, witli the abdominal serrature extending forwards into the thoracic
. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. On the Wve. Order IV. PHYSOSTOMI. Family CLUPEIDJE. :LLIS ^HAD. \CIIIpea alosa.) A/ausa, Cliipca alosa, Alosa covimunis, Alosa vulgaris. All is, All is Shad, AusoN., Id. X. 1. 127. Cuv., R. A. ii. p. 319: Jenyns' INIan. p. 43S ; Gunther's Cat. vii. p. 433. Yarrell, ii. p. 213; Parnell, Jlem. Werner. Soc. vii. p. 330. SiEBOLD, Siisserwasserf. p. 328. Pennant's Brit. Zool. iii. p. 307. Couch's Fish. Brit. Isl. iv. p. 117. Characters of the Genus Clupea.—"Body compressed, witli the abdominal serrature extending forwards into the thoracic region. Scales of moderate or large, rarely of small size. Upper jaw not projecting beyond the lower. Cleft of the mouth of moderate width ; teeth, if present, rudimentary and deciduous. Anal fin of moderate extent, with less than thirty rays;. dorsal fin opposite to the ventrals ; caudal forked. Inhabitants of the coasts of every part of the globe; many species entering fresh ;—Gunther. r I "^WO British species of Shad are known to occur in the waters of our coasts and in some -L of our rivers, namely, the Allis Shad and the Twaite Shad, and so similar are they in general form and appearance, that they have, both in ancient and modern times been fre- quently confounded. There seems to be no doubt that under the name of dpitraa, rptx"*, and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Houghton, W. (William), 1828-1895; Lydon, A. F. (Alexander Francis), 1836-1917, ill. London [etc. ] : W. Mackenzie
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