THE FISHES OF MALABAR. * oa 



* Alausa palasah. 



Palasaii, Russell, pi. 198. , ,« . „« / \ 



Clupanodon ilisha, Ham. Bud, pp. 243, 382, pi 19 f. 73 (young) 

 Alausa palasah, CW & Val. xx. p. 432 ; Jerdon, Madras .Journal xv. p. 34o , M, 



Catal. p. 300. 

 Sable fish. 



B.vi. D. 19. P. 14-16. V.8. A. 19. C. 19. L. 1. 47-49. L. to. 19. 



Body oblong, the abdominal edge toothed. 



Length of head A of the total length. Height of body A of the total length. 



Eyes — With thick adipose lids, upper margins near the profile. 



Snout slightly pointed : upper jaw strongly einarginate, mouth small. 



S:fr P t b t S o e r n al pointed. Dorsal nearly central, cut scmare. Cauda! scaly and deeply forked. 



Scales— Closely set. None on the head. 



Colours— Greenish above, silvery beneath. Byes silvery. , 



v -r, • d ] 3y j)/\ j er don to ascend 



It is captured both in the sea and in the fresh water, it is saia y 



the Cavery during the freshes for the purpose of spawning, and is taken for he ^ake , of its roe, 



wHchTSglS esteemed. Cantor observes upon its affinity to the Alausa ft* 0. A V or ^ 



from which tli best fish roes are prepared, and the fishing of winch is stated to form a dxstinct 



W important branch of trade in the India. ^^ It is said to ascend 



It is good eating, but rather oily : growing to sixteen incnes in ien a 



the Ganges in August. 



Habitat-Seas and rivers near the coasts of India and Malaysia. 



Alausa melanuea. 



Alausa melanuea, Cuv. & Val. xx. p. 441. 



Oper e""^^^^ 



forming a curve. Interopercle broad. Abdominal margin sharp, keeled, aud havrng twenty 



imbricated spinous scales along its edge. 



^rer the snont tban it is to tbe base of tbe eandal , ventral nnder be or.gm of •£££ 



Dorsal highest in front, its first tbree rays nnbranebed, the fourth the longest 

 «i 8 ts along its base, .bat of the an.l, and of tbe eaudal, wb.eb last fin » deeply lobed. 

 Scales-Vertical di.meter about three times as long as then homontal. ^ 



