. An introduction to zoology : for the use of high schools . Fig. 27.—The Eastern Smelt. Osmerus mordax. \.(U. S. F. C.) 12. Another important family is that of the Clupeidae orHeriings which are nearly all marine fish with a much com-pressed body, a sei-rated abdomen and no adipose fin. Thecommonest species ai-e the herring, C. harengus L. and the Shad,C. sapidissima; the former spawn in the sea, the latter ascendrivers to do so. One siiecies of Clupea the Alewife (C. vernalis) HIGH SCHOOL ZOOLOGY. 61 is land-lockecl in certain inland-waters, and the same is true ofthe allied Gizzard-Shad (Do
. An introduction to zoology : for the use of high schools . Fig. 27.—The Eastern Smelt. Osmerus mordax. \.(U. S. F. C.) 12. Another important family is that of the Clupeidae orHeriings which are nearly all marine fish with a much com-pressed body, a sei-rated abdomen and no adipose fin. Thecommonest species ai-e the herring, C. harengus L. and the Shad,C. sapidissima; the former spawn in the sea, the latter ascendrivers to do so. One siiecies of Clupea the Alewife (C. vernalis) HIGH SCHOOL ZOOLOGY. 61 is land-lockecl in certain inland-waters, and the same is true ofthe allied Gizzard-Shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) (Fig. 28).The latter is of no value as a food-fish nor is the Moon-eye(Hyodon) also allied to the Herring-family, but the Anchovies(Engraulus) are much esteemed for their flavour. \. Fig. 28.—The Gizzard-Shad. Dorosoma cepedianum—vax. het^rurum. J. (U. S. F. C.) 13. More familiar to inland residents is the family Esocidae,a group which is found in the fresh waters of the northernparts of both hemispheres. The largest representative is the-Muskallunge, Esox nohilior, Thompson (Fig. 29), but the corn-
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