ICHTHYOLOGY. 27-5 



Abdominal profile equally convex. 17 or 18 senations anterior to tlio ventral fin, 

 and II to 12 posterior to it. Yellowish, shot with purple. Grows to oj indies. 



The Ba.ssein and Salweeu lUvurs. 



C. MANMINXA, Ham. Buch. 



B. vi. ; D. 14 15; P. 15; Y. 8; A. 22'24. 



Abdominal profile usually the more convex. Snout prominent. Silvery, glossed 

 with gold. Cheeks purplish, back tinged bluish-green. A shoulder spot usually present. 

 Grows to 1 1 inches. 



Burma, in estuaries and tanks. 



Clfpka, Arfedi. 



Eyes with free adipose lids. Upper jaw not projecting. Belly serrated. Teeth, 

 when present, rudimentary. 



A. Teeth in. lower jaw. 



C. ATUICAFDA, (Jiinthcr. 



B. vi. ; T). 18; P. 17; Y. 8; A. 1719; C. 20. 



Lower jaw projects beyond the upper. A few mandibular teeth in front, a band 

 on the tongue, and some deciduous ones on the palatines and pterygoids, but none on 

 the vomer. Deep steel-blue along the upper third of the body, separated from the 

 silvery sides and belly by a yellowish line. Sides and belly glossed with blue and 

 pui-ple. Caudal black-tipped. 



The Andamans. 



C. IvLrxzKF, Bleekcr. 



B. vi. ; D. 1718 ; P. 16 ; Y. 8 ; A. 17-18 ; C. 20. 



Lower jaw promiTient. Teeth as in C. atricauda. Last two anal rays thickened, 

 and slightlv elongated. Scales in regular rows, with the edges crenulatcd. Thirty 

 badly-developed scutes, of which about 13 arc behind the ventral fin. Silvery white, 

 bluish above, shot with inirple, below. 



The Andamans and Nicobars. 



C. LONGiPES, Cuv. et Yal. 

 Tlie ' oil sardine.^ 



B. vi. ; D. 16-17; P. 17; Y. 9; A. 141G; C. 17. 



Lower jaw slightly projecting. Fine teeth on the tongue, very deciduous on the 

 palatines, and rarely on the pterygoids, none on the vomer, and minute or absent in 

 the mandible. Scales indistinctly crenulated. About 18 badly-developed scutes 

 before the ventral fin, and 13 or 14 behind it. Bluish along the back, with golden 

 rofie.x-ions. Belly silvery, shot with purple, and sometimes a golden lateral line. 

 A large gi-ecnish spot on the upper margin of opercle and preopercle. Dorsal greenish, 

 caudal stained with green. The other fins transparent. 



The Andamans. 



A large quantity of oil is made from this species in Malabar. 



B. No teeth injawn. 



C. LiLE, Cuv. et Yal. 



B. vi. ; D. 14-15; P. 13; Y. 8; A. 17-20; C. 21. 



Snout obtuse, lower jaw slightly projecting. Teeth on tongue and pterygoids, 

 but none on palatines or vomer. Edges of scales smooth. Scutes 11 to 12 posterior to 

 the ventral and 16 to 18 anterior to it. Golden, shot with purple. A brilliant silvery 

 band one scale broad along the side. Caudal dark-tipped, shot with blue. A bi-illiant 

 bronze spot on the occiput. Grows to 4 inches. 



Burma. 



