FAMILY, VI— CLUPEID^. CJ>7 



Aptcrygia HamiUonli, Cuv. and Val. xx, p. 333. 

 Pristigaster Russellianiis, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 462. 



B. vi, P. 13, A. 92(J^), C. 19, L. 1. 64, L. tr. 12. 



Length of head 6^ to 7, of caudal 7, lieight of body 4^\ to 4^ in the total length. £'(/es— diameter 

 3 to 3i in length of head, 2/3 to 3/4 of a diameter from end of snout and also apart. Body strongly 

 compressed : end of lower jaw forms a portion of the dorsal profile which is concave above the orbit, 

 whilst the anterior portion of the abdominal profile is very convex : snout obtuse : maxilla extends to opposite 

 the middle of the eye. Tee^/t— fine along the whole extent of the maxilla, also on the lower jaw, palate and 

 tongue. Fins — upper pectoral x-ay enlarged, it does not extend so far as to above the root of the anal : caudal 

 deeply forked, the lower lobe the longer. ScaJes — in regular horizontal rows, covering body and along the 

 base of the anal fin, they are very deciduous : from 31 to 38 weak scutes along the aMominal edge. Gill- 

 rakers nearly as long as eye and about 28 in number on the lower branch of the outer branchial arch. 

 Pseudobranchiffi well developed. Colours— & narrow dark bluish band along the back, succeeded by a light 

 bronze line, which is divided by a lighter and wider band from a broad silvery one passing from the head to the 

 caudal fin. A deep brown or black spot exists on the shoulder, which is sometimes continued on to the opercle. 

 The young are a beautiful purple with a silvery band. 



UabitcU.—Baj of Bengal to the ]\Ialay Archipelago, the young are common in the Sunderbunds. 



Fourth group — Dussumieei^formes. 



Mouth antero-Iateral, the upper jaw not projecting. Eyes with free adipose lids, no osseous gular 

 plate. Abdominal edge smooth. 



Genus, 9 — Dussumieria, Ciivier and Valenciennes. 



Branchiostegals numerous: pseiidolranchim well developed. Gill-membranes entirely separate. Bodg 

 somewliat elongated, compressed: ahdumen romided, not serrated. Smut pointed: upper jaw not projecting : cleft of 

 mouth of moderate width. Eyes with broad adipose lids. Small fixed teeth in the jaws, awi viUiform ones on the^ 

 palatines, pterygoids, and on the tongue, but absent frmn the vomer. Dorsal fin opposite to the ventral: anal of 

 moderate length'. Scales of medium or rather small size, very deciduous. Pyloric appendages nimierous. 



Geugraphical distribution.— Yrom Sind throughout the seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and 

 China. 



SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES. 



1. Dussumieria HasseUii, D. 17-20, A. 1.>1G, L. 1. 52-56. Height of body 5f to 6^ in the total length. 

 Canara, Coromandel Coast of India to the Malay Archipelago and China. 



2. Bussumieria actcta, D. 19-20, A. 14-17, L. 1. 40-42. Height of body 5 to 5^ in the total length. 

 Sind, through the seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



1. Dassumieria Hasseltii, Plate CLXVI, fig. 5. 



Bleeker, Chiroc. p. 13, or Nat. Tyds. Ned. lud. i, p. 422 (ex parte). 



Bussumieria elopsoides, Giinther, Cata,l. vii, p. 466 (not Bleeker). 



B. xv-xix, D. 17-20((xi:tT>), P. 15, V. 8, A. 15-16(V|), C. 19, L. L 52-,56, L. tr. 12. 



Length of head 4^ to 5, of caudal 4* to 5. height of body 5t to 6.^ in the total length. Eyes— v/ith 

 broad adipose lids, diameter 4 to 4i in the length of the head, 1^ diameters from the end of snout, and 1 apart. 

 Snout pointed, the greatest height of the head equals its length excluding the snout. Tlie maxilla reaches to 

 beneath the front edge of the orbit : jaws of the same length anteriorly, or the lower slightly projecting 

 Teeth-m a single row in the jaws, also present on the tongue, palatines, and pterygoids. J(/is— dorsal 

 commences midway between the hind edge of the eye and the base of the caudal fin : ventral inserted bene.ath 

 the last half of the dorsal. Scales— very deciduous. Gill-rakers rather widely set, the longest being about 1/L 

 as long as the eye, and 19 on the lower branch of the outer branchial arch. The branchiostegals of the left 

 side overlap those of the right to a slight extent. Colours— ot a beautiful green, shot with blue Upper 

 maro'in of the opercle and along the back of a light blue, below which is a bronzed line, and below that again 

 a silvery one shot with pink. Caudal shot with blue, green, and gold. Upper surface of head and eye emerald 

 green. Pectoral, ventral, and anal white, except the first ray of the pectoral which has a little black on it. 

 Dorsal yellowish-green. End of snout greenish. Eyes white. , z-i, . m 



Bab itat.— From Canara and the Coromandel Coast of India to the ilalay Archipelago and Chma. ibe 

 largest example obtained in Canara was 8 inches in length. It is not nearly so common as the B. acuta. 



2. Dussumieria acuta, Plate CLXVI, fig. 4. 

 Clupea, Russell, Fish. Vizag. ii, p. 80, and Marraioa, pi. ccii. 



