CLUPEIDiE. 119 



GENUS CLUPEOIDES (or COEICA). 



Char. Lower jaw projecting beyond the upper. 

 Teeth none or quite rudimentary. 

 Abdomen serrated from behind the pectoral fins. 

 Anal fin with less than 20 rays. 



1. Clupeoides soborna. 

 Hab. Mahanuddi Eiver. 2 inches. 

 Char. Dorsal rays 16. Anal 15. Scales 40. 

 Scales very thin and transparent, colour brilliant 

 silvery. 



GENUS PELLONA. 



Char. Lower jaw prominent. Body much com- 

 pressed. Thorax and abdomen strongly serrated. 



Easplike bands of minute teeth on the palatine and 

 pterygoid bones, and on the tongue. 



Anal fin long, ventrals small. The upper ray 

 of each pectoral fin long. Caudal fin deeply forked. 



1. Pellona motius. 



Hab. Eivers and tanks near the coast. 4 inches. 

 Char. Dorsal rays 17. Anal 39 to 45. Scales 43 

 to 45. 



2. Pellona dussumieri. 



Char. Dorsal rays 18. Anal 49 to 54. Scales 4G. 



