634 BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Genus GUDUSIA Fowler 



Oudusia Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1911, p. 207. (Type. 

 Clupanodon chapra Buchanan-Hamilton, orthotypic.) 



Distinguished from Hilsa by its very small scales, which 80 to 120 

 in a median lateral series. Gill rakers very numerous, 200 or more 

 on lower part of first arch. 



Two species in the rivers of India and Burma. 



ANALYSIS OF SPECIES 



a\ Depth 2% to 31/5 ; head 2% to 31/2 ; A. in, 20 to 22 chapra 



a\ Depth 2y2 ; head 3% ; A. in, 21 to 26 variegata 



GUDUSIA CHAPRA (Buchanan-Hamilton) 



Clupanodon chapra Buchanan-Hamilton, Fishes of Ganges, pp. 248, 383, 1822 

 (type locality: Upper Ganges River). 



Alosa chapra Gsay, Illustr. Indian Zool. Hardwicke, vol. 2, pi. 92, fig. 2, 1832-81 

 (Indian Ocean). 



Alausa chapra Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 20, p. 439, 1847 (on Gray). 



Cliipea chapra GtJNXHER, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 7, p. 447, 1868 (Bengal). — 

 Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 385, 1869 (Orissa) ; Fishes of India, 

 pt. 4, p. 639, pi. 161, fig. 1, 1878 (Sind, India south to Kistua River) ; 

 Fauna British India, Fishes, vol. 1, p. 375, 1889. 



SardineUa chapra Fovplee, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1911, p. 207 

 (Ganges River). 



Oudusia chapra Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 19, p. 307, 1917 (North- 

 ern India, Sind to Assam). — Fowlee, List Fish. Malaya, p. 26, 1938 (ref- 

 erence). 



Clupea indlca Geay, Illustr. Indian Zool., Hardwicke, vol. 2, pi. 91, figs. l-2x, 

 1832-34 (type locality: India). — Gijnther, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 7, 

 p. 444, 1868 (Ganges, Assam, Cachar). 



Clupea champil Gray, Illustr. Indian Zool., Hardwicke, vol. 2, pi. 91, figs. 5-6, 

 1834 (no type locality given = India), 



Pellona champil Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 20, p. 324, 1847 (com- 

 piled). 



Alausa champil Cantor, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 18, p. 1284, 1849 

 (Pinang). 



Alausa microlcpis Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 20, p. 439, 1847 (type lo- 

 cality: Bengal). — Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. (Bengal), vol. 25, p. 

 (74) 146, 1853 (Calcutta). 



Clupea suhia Chaxjbhuki, Rec. Indian Mus., vol. 7, p. 436, pi. 38, fig. 1, 1912 

 (type locality ; River Gandak in Saran, Bihar). 



Depth 3 to 31/5; head 2% to 31/2. Snout 41/3 to 5 in head from 

 upper jaw tip ; eye 3% to 4% ; maxillary 2% to 3 ; interorbital 4 to 6. 



Scales 78 to 85 in medial lateral series to caudal base and 5 more on 

 latter; 27 to 32 scales transversely; 28 predorsal scales. Ventral 

 scutes 19, rarely 18 or 20 + 9, seldom 10. 



D. Ill, 13, I, rarely in, 12, i ; A. in, 20, i, rarely in, 22, i. 



India, Assam, Pinang. 



6 examples. A.N.S.P. Ganges River, India. Dr. Marmaduke Burroughs 

 Length, 70 ?-165 mm. 



