122 CLUPEHLE. 



three feet in length, the joints are linear, very obliquely placed, and their number is 

 from seventy to ninety. We thought it well to make this observation, as it may throw 

 some light on the growth and regeneration of fin-rays. 



Zanzibar. Red Sea. Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 



413. Elops cyprinoides. [ 169 



Clupea cyprinoides, L. Gm. 



apalike, Bonnat. Encycl. Meth. ; Lacep, v. p. 459, t. 13. f. 3. 



Russell, pi. 203. 



Cyprinodon cundinga, Buck. Ham. 254, 383. 



Megalops filamentosus, Cuv. Regne Anim. 



inclicus, Cuv. fy Vol. xix. pp. 388, 577. 



Elops indicus, Cuv. ^ Vol. xx. p. 472. 

 cundinga, Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 289. 



Pangani river. East coast of Africa. Both coasts of Africa, India. Ceylon. China. 

 Polynesia. 



Family CLUPEID^. 



PELLONA, Cuv. & Yah 



414. Pellona ditchoa. [655.] 

 Ditchoa, Russell, pi. 192. 



Pellona ditchoa, Cuv. £f Vol. xx. p. 313; Bleek. Verhand. Bat. Genootsch. xxiv. Har. p. 24. 



Kingani river. East coast of Africa. Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 



ALOSA. 



415. Alosa venenosa. [103.] 

 Meletta venenosa, Cuv. fy Val. xx. p. 377. 



This fish was originally obtained at Seychelles by M. Dussumier, in whose notes 

 there is a remark that the persons who partook of it were seized with vomiting, 

 which sometimes ended fatally. Dr. Cantor (Mai. Fish. p. 295) mentions a similar 

 peculiarity regarding Clwpeonia perforata, Cant. ; and his informant stated that only 

 such fish as had red eyes induced the symptoms of poisoning ; such as had the usual 

 silvery eyes were eaten with impunity. The specimens of this collection were obtained 

 at Zanzibar, where they do not appear to possess any such property ; on the contrary, 

 they form no inconsiderable part of the daily food of the lower orders. 



Zanzibar. Seychelles. Indian Ocean. 



