Credit: Illustration by Diane Rome Peebles

Family Clupeidae

Description: silvery, with a greenish or bluish back; fins golden yellow; a single dark shoulder spot; scales on back noticeably smaller than those on sides and difficult to count - about 60-70 rows across middle of side; 27-30 (usually 28-290 ventral scutes

Size: to 32 centimeters (13 inches)

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