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Genus V. Harengula Val. 



Syn. Harengula Val. Hist. Nat. des Poissons, vol. xx. p. 277, 1847. 



Body elongated and slender. Minute teeth on the intermaxillaries, dentaries, 

 palatines, pterygoids and tongue. JSupramaxillaries scarcely crenulated. 



Type. Harengula latula Val. 



Genus VI. Cldpeoides Bleeker. 



Si/n. Clupeoides Bleeker, Naturkundig Tijdschrift wor Nederlandsch Indie, vol. 

 i. p. 274. 



Body elongated and slender. Minute teeth on the intermaxillaries, dentaries, 

 vomer, palatines, pterygoids and tongue. 



Type. Clupeoides borneensis Bleeker. 



Genus VII. Spratelloides Bleeker. 



Syn. Spratelloides Bleeker, Naturkundig Tijdschrift wor Nederlandsch Indie, 

 vol. ix. p. 775. 

 Teeth on the intermaxillaries, dentaries, vomer and tongue. 

 Type. Spratelloides argyrotaenia Bleeker. 



Genus VIII. Spratella Val. 



Syn. Spratella Val. Hist. Nat. des Poissons, vol. xx., p. 356. 



Body elongated and slender. Teeth only on the palatine bones and tongue. 

 Type. Spratella pumila Val. Hist. Nat. des Poissons, vol. xx., p. 357, 1857. 



Genus IX. Kowala Val. 



Syn. Kowala Val. Hist. Nat. des Poissons, vol. xx., p. 362. 

 Body elliptical. Teeth only on the jaws and pterygoids. 

 Type. Kowala albella Val. 



Genus X. Alausella Gill. 



Syn. Alausella Gill. Proceed. 



Body oblong, ovate. Teeth in the intermaxillaries and dentaries scattered 

 near the symphisis, and on the tongue. Supramaxillaries finely dentated. 



Type. Alausella parvula Gill. 

 Syn. CI u pea parvula Mitchill. 



Genus XI. Pomolobus (Raf.) Gill. 



Syn. Pomolobus Raf. Ichthyologia Ohiensis, p. 38, (fide Kirtland.) 

 Body elongated and slender. Teeth on the intermaxillaries, behind which, 



the gums are transversely and slightly sulcated. Few teeth at the symphysis 



of the lower jaw. Tongue with viliform teeth. 



Type. Pomolobus cbrysochloris Storer ex Kirtland. 



Syn. Alosa chrysochloris Kirtland. 



Genus XII. Clupalosa Bleeker. 



Syn. Clupalosa Bleeker, Verhandelingen von het Bataviaasch Genootschap, 

 vol. xxii., Ichth. Mad., pp. 12, 24. 

 Teeth only on the palatine bones. Lower jaw scarcely denticulated. 

 Type. Clupalosa bulan. 



Genus XIII. Meletta Val. 



Syn. Meletta Val. Hist. Nat. des Poissons, vol. xx., p. 366. 



Teeth only in a longitudinal row on the tongue. Dorsal fin with no produced 

 posterior ray. 



Type. Meletta vulgaris Val. 



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