260 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



The " Sprat " or " Garvie " of England. 



B. 6-7. D. 15-18. A. 17-20. V. 7. L. lat. 47-48. Vert. 47-49. 



Scales deciduous, smooth. The height of the body is about 

 equal to the length of the head. Lower jaw prominent, the 

 maxillary extending to somewhat beyond the vertical from the 

 front margin of the eye. An elongate ovate patch of very small 

 teeth on the tongue, none on the vomer. Gill-rakers very fine, 

 closely set, rather shorter than the eye. Ventral even with the 

 origin of the dorsal. There are eleven or twelve abdominal scutes 

 behind the root of the ventrals. Operculum without radiating 

 stria). 



Tasmania (Gunther). 



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Genus Spratelloides, Bleek. 



Body slightly compressed or subcylindrical, elongate. Abdomen 

 obtuse, without keel or serrature. Scales of moderate size, 

 deciduous ; lateral line none. Snout compressed, formed as in 

 Cliipea. Teeth none, or minute and deciduous. Anal fin short; 

 dorsal opposite to the ventrals. Gill-membranes separate, with 

 about six short flat branchiostegals. Pseudobranchia) well 

 developed. Pyloric appendages in moderate number ; stomach 

 with a long blind sac. Ovaries closed, with oviducts. 



Indian and Australian seas. West Indies. 



( J00. Spratelloides delicatulus, Beun. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. IV., p. 381. 

 Darnley Island (Chevert Exp.) 



Genus Etrumeus, Bleek. 



Body elongate, subcylindrical ; abdomen not compressed or 

 serrated. Scales of moderate size, very deciduous ; lateral lino 

 nunc. Snout pointed ; jaws and mouth formed as in Clapca, but 

 with the supplementary bones of the maxillary very narrow. Jaws 



