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416. Alosa chapra. [104, 656.] 

 Alosa chapra, Gray, III. Ind. Zool. pi. 92. f. 2 ; Cuv. fy Val. xx. p. 440. 



D. 17. A. 21. L. lat. 44. 



The height of the body is one-third of the length (to the fork of caudal) ; the length 

 of the head is contained thrice and two-thirds in the same. Snout rather longer than 

 the diameter of the eye. Operculum twice as high as long. Belly strongly compressed, 

 very sharp, but not very distinctly serrated. The origin of the dorsal is nearer the end 

 of the snout than the root of the caudal ; its last ray is very slightly produced, longer 

 than the two or three before it, but not half that of the longest one, which is contained 

 twice and two-thirds in the height of the body. The anal is very low, and occupies 

 the distance of ten transverse series of scales. Root of the pectorals below the middle 

 of the dorsal. Colour blue above, silvery below. In adults there is a very distinct 

 round blackish spot on the shoulder, behind the operculum, which is inconspicuous in 

 young specimens. 



Aden. Zanzibar. East Indies. 



417. Alosa kowal. [746.] 

 Clupea kowal, Russell, pi. 186; Rupp. N. W. Fische, p. 79; Schleg. Faun. Japon. p. 235, pi. 107. f. 1. 

 Kowala thoricata, Cuv. &; Val. xv. p. 363; Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 296. 



Zanzibar. Aden. Bed Sea. Indian Ocean. 



418. Alosa punctata. [745 a.] 

 Clupea punctata, Rupp. N. W. Fische, p. 78, t. 21. f. 2. 



Aden. Zanzibar. Red Sea. 



419. Alosa sirm. [414.] 

 Clupea sirm, Forsk. p. xvii. no. 44; Rupp. N. W. Fische, p. 77, t. 21. f. 1. 



Zanzibar. Mozambique. Bed Sea. 



ENGEAULIS, Cuv. 



420. Engraulis brownii. [656.] 

 Atherina brownii, L. Grin. 1397. 



Russell, pi. 187. 



Engraulis fasciata, Cuv. ^ Val. xxii. p. 43. 



brownii, Cuv. § Val. xxii. p. 41; Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 303. 



Zanzibar. Nearly all tropical seas. 



421. Engraulis boelama. [631.] 

 Clupea boelama, Forsk. p. 72. no. 107. 



Engraulis boelama, Cuv. § Val. xxi. p. 55. 



Zanzibar. Seychelles. Reunion. Bed Sea. 



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