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9. Pellona Sladeni, A. 44, L. 1. 48, L. tr. 10. Head 5, height of body 5^ in the total length. Scutes 23 

 anterior, and 10 behind ventral fin. Irrawaddi river in Burma. 



10. Pellona LeschenauUii, A. 42, L. 1. 70. Height of body 4 in the total length. Pondicherry. 



A. — Dorsal fin almost or entirely in advance of the anal. 



1. Pellona filigera, Plate CLXV, fig. 4. 



Cuvier and Valenciennes, xs, p. 322 ; Bleeker, Beng. p. 72. 



'/Pellona xanthoptera, Bleeker, Haring. p. 49, and Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. ii, p. 439 ; GUnther, Catal. vii, 

 p. 457. 



? llisha xaiithoptera, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. vi, p. 122, t. 265, f. 3. 



B. vi, D. 18-19(t|:At,), P. 17, V. 8, A. 46-50(„^^), C. 19, L. 1. 50, L. tr. 15-16. 



Length of head 5}, of caudal 5, height of body 3f to 4 in the total length. i?(/cs— diameter 3 in the 

 length of the head, 3/4 of a diameter from the end of snout, aud 1/3 apart. Abdominal profile much more 

 convex than that of the back : a slight concavity over the front end of the head. The maxilla reaches to below 

 the middle of the eye. The posterior portion of the ridges on the occiput are parallel one to the other. Teeth — - 

 in jaws, tongue, and palate. Fins — dorsal commences about midway between the snout and base of the caudal 

 fin, its posterior rays are not above the anal. Ventral fin very short, situated midway between subopercle and 

 base of the anal. Pectoral reaches to above the ventral, its upper ray is very broad. Length of base of anal 

 fin equals 2f in the total length excluding the caudal fin. Caudal lobes elongated. Scales — 19 to 20 rows 

 anterior to the base of the dorsal fin. Scutes well developed 22 to 23 before, and 10 or 12 posterior to the base 

 of the ventral fin. Colours — of a coppei'y tinge along the back, sides silvery, with mother-of-pearl reflections. 

 Dorsal and pectoral fins black tipped. 



Sahitat. — Bombay, to 1 foot in length. 



2. Pellona elongata, Plate CLXIV, fig. 3, and CLXV, fig. 1. 



Alosa elongata, Bennett, Life of Sir S. Raffles, p. 691. 

 ClujJea affinis. Gray and Hardwicke, 111. Ind. Zool. 

 Plafygaster affinis, Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 294. 

 llisha ahnm-mis, Richard. Ich. China, p. 300. 



? Clupea melastoma, Temm. and Schleg. Fauna Japon. Poiss. p. 237. t. 108, f. 1 ; Blocker, Batav. p. 

 409 (notBloch). 



Pellona Gray ana, Cuv. and Val. xx, p. 315 ; Bleeker, Haring. p. 25. 



Pellona affinis. Cantor, Catal. Malay. Fish. p. 291. 



Pellona Schlegelii, Bleeker, Japan, p. 118. 



Pellona elongata, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 456. 



llisha elongata, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. vi, p. 119, t. 259, fig. 3. 



B. vi, D. 15-17(t^^t7), p. 15, V. 7, A. 40-49(3^^^), C. 17, L. 1. 52-56, L. tr. 16. 



Length of head 4f to 5i, of caudal fin 5, height of body 4^ to 4^ in the total length. Eyes — diameter 

 3i to 4 in the length of head, 1 diameter frcim end of snout, and 1/2 a diameter apart. Abdominal profile 

 more convex than that of the back. The maxilla reaches to below the middle of the eyes. The posterior 

 halves of the ridges on the occiput are nearly parallel one to the other. Teeth — in jaws, tongue and palate. 

 Fins — dorsal commences midway between the snout and the base of the caudal fin, its last rays do not extend 

 to over the commencement of the anal. Ventral minute, situated midway between the hind margin of the 

 head and the commencement of the anal fin. Length of base of anal fin equal from 3 to 3} in the total length 

 excluding the caudal fin. Scales — abdominal scutes well developed, 20 to 24 anterior, and eight or ten posterior 

 to the base of the ventral fin. fiolours — silvery, shot with mother-of-pearl. Fins yellowish, edge of dorsal 

 black tipped. 



It appears possible that this may be P. novacula, Cuv. and Val. xx, p, 319, but is not P. novacula, 

 Bleeker, wherein the maxilla extends posteriorly to nearly behind the hind edge of the orbit. 



Habitat. — Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago, China, and Japan. The example figured Plate 

 CLXIV, fig. 3 (half natural size), was from Sind. A variety with a more pointed head and rather fewer scales 

 (1. 1. 46, L. tr. 14), is figured (half natural size), Plate CLXV, fig. 1, from Bombay. 



3. Pellona motius, Plate CLXV, fig. 3. 



Clnpanodcm motius. Ham. Buch. Fish. Ganges, pp. 251, 383. 



Clupea motius. Gray and Hard. 111. Ind. Zool. (from H.B.'s MSS.) 



Platygaster parva, Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 294. 



Pellona motius, Bleeker, Beng. p. 72 ; Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 456 (part). 



Ursi or Alise, Ooriah. 



B. vi, D. 16.17(t3?„). P- 15, V. 7, A. 40-41(^?3^), L. 1. 43-45, L. tr. 12-13. 



Length of head 5, of caudal fin 5|-, height of body 4 to 4i in the total length. Eyes — diameter 1/3 of 

 length of head, 3/4 of a diameter from end of snout, and 1/2 a diameter apart. Body very compressed, 



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