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365. Nemacheilus Blytldi, Day. D. 9, A. 7. Brownish. Caudal 

 forked. Two specimens in the Calcutta Museum. 



366. Nemacheilus Bidanensis , McClelland. D. 9, A. 7. Caudal 

 rounded. Bootan, to 5 inches in length. 



367. Nemacheilus rubripinnis, Jerdon. D. 8, A. 7. Nine vertical 

 bars. Caudal emarginate. Malabar. 



368. Nemacheilus turio, Ham. Buch. D. 8 (10 ?), A. 7. Blotched. 

 Caudal emarginate. Assam. 



369. Nemacheilus guttatus, McClelland. D. 8. Blotched. Caudal 

 entire. Upper Assam. 



Genus — Misgurnus, Lacep. 



Cobitichthys, Bleeker. 



Body elongated and compressed. No sub-orbital spine. Ten or twelve 

 barbels, four being on the mandible. Dorsal fin arising opposite the ventrals. 

 Caudal rounded. 



370. Misgurnus lateralis, Giinther. D. 10, A. 8. Barbels ten. 

 Body longitudinally banded, a black spot on base of caudal. Attains 

 above 3 inches in length. Bengal. 



Family — C l u p e i d .e , Cuv. 



Gill-openings usually very wide. Pseudobranchiae large (except in Megalops). 

 Abdomen compressed into a serrated edge or else smootb. Opercular pieces four. 

 Margin of tbe upper jaw formed mesially by tbe inter-maxillaries, laterally by 

 tbe maxillaries, wbicb are composed of tbree pieces, tbese are sometimes moveable. 

 Barbels absent. Dorsal fin witb a few or moderate number of rays, no adipose 

 fin ; anal sometimes witb an elongated base. Scales on body, none on tbe bead. 

 Stomacb witb a blind sac. Pyloric appendages numerous. Air-vessel more or 

 less simple. 



A. Abdomen with a compressed, serrated edge. 



Genus — Clupea, sp. Artedi. 



Sardinella, Harengula, Rogenia, Clupeonia, Spratella, Kowala, Me- 

 letta, et Alausa, Val. : Clupalosa, Bleeker : Alausella, Pomolobus, Opis- 

 thonema, Brevoortia, Gill : Sardinia, Poey. 



Body compressed : the serrature of the abdomen extending forwards 

 into the thoracic region. Upper jaw not projecting beyond the lower. Teeth, 

 when present, deciduous and rudimentary. Dorsal fin situated opposite 

 the ventral: anal of moderate or long extent : caudal forked. Scales large, 

 of moderate and more rarely of small size. 



371. Clupea variegata, Day. Nga-la-bee, Burm. D. 15, A. 29, 

 L. 1. 90. Anterior scales irregularly, posterior regularly arranged. 

 A dark humeral spot. A row of about 18 bars across the back. Dorsal 

 with a black band in the lower portion of its posterior half: caudal 

 black-tipped. Irrawaddi and its branches, up to 7 inches in length. 



372. Clupea c/tapra, Ham. Buch. Sou-e and Hilsa, Panj. : Pul-loo- 

 ree, Chu-chee, Sind. D. 15, A. 21-22, L. 1. 80. Scales regularly ar- 

 ranged, except over the abdomen. A dark humeral spot. Rivers and 

 tanks in their vicinity throughout India as low as the Kistna. It attains 

 6 or 7 inches in length. 



373. Clupea palasah, Cuv. and Val. Pulla throughout the Indus 

 Oolum, Tarn. : Pulasa, Tel. : Hilsa and Ilisha, Ooriah and Beng. 



