. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Fisheries -- United States; Fish-culture -- United States. â "^ Fig. 39,âRound herring (Elrumeus tere Color.âOlive green above with silvery sides and belly. Size.âEight to ten inches. General range.âAtlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States; occasionally common as far north as Woods Hole, but very rarely straying past Cape Cod. Occurrence in the Gulf of Maine.âThe only published Gulf of Maine records for this southern fish are from Eastport, where the newspapers reported it in 190S, and from Jonesport, Me., but the collection
. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Fisheries -- United States; Fish-culture -- United States. â "^ Fig. 39,âRound herring (Elrumeus tere Color.âOlive green above with silvery sides and belly. Size.âEight to ten inches. General range.âAtlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States; occasionally common as far north as Woods Hole, but very rarely straying past Cape Cod. Occurrence in the Gulf of Maine.âThe only published Gulf of Maine records for this southern fish are from Eastport, where the newspapers reported it in 190S, and from Jonesport, Me., but the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology also contains two specimens from Provincetown. 39. Herring (Clupea harengus Linnaeus) Labrador herring; English herring; Sea herring; Sardine; Sperling; Brit Jordan and Evermann, 189G-1900, p. 421. Description.âThis herring is typical of its family in form, with body so com- pressed that it is much deeper than thick, moderately pointed nose, large mouth situated at the tip of the snout, and lower jaw projecting beyond the upper, which is not notched at the tip (in shad it is so notched, p. 113), sharp-edged belly,"^and deeply forked tail. The dorsal fin stands over the small ventrals, its origin about. Fig. 40.âHerring (Clupea harengus) midway the length of the body. The scales are large, their rear margins'rounded and so loosely attached as to slip off at a touch. There is no adipose fin, itsv.'absence at once distinguishing herrings from any of the salmon tribe. The dorsal and anal. 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 United States Fish Commission. Washington, The Commission, Govt. Print. Off
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