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These are small fishes, smelt-like in appearance, except that they have a spiny dorsal fin as well as a soft dorsal fin; do not have the adipose fin, and have much smaller mouths than the smelt. Two species are known from the Gulf of Maine.
| KEY TO GULF OF MAINE SILVERSIDES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | About 24 rays in the anal fin | — | Common silverside, p. 302. |
| Only about 15 or 16 rays in the anal fin | — | Waxen silverside, p. 304. | |