FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 637 



D. Ill, 13, first branched ray ly^ in head; A. in, 14 or 15, first 

 branched ray 2i/4 ; caudal 4% in rest of body, well forked ; least depth 

 of caudal peduncle 1% in head; pectoral 1%; ventral 1%. 



Green above, side and below silvery white. No silvery lateral band. 

 Iris yellowish or rosy. Fins hyaline yellowish, caudal with blackish 

 posterior margin. Length 80 mm. (Bleeker.) 



Borneo, in rivers. 



KOWALA EXILE (Fowler) 



Clupeoides exilis Fowlee, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 87, p. 92, fig. 

 12, 1935 (type locality, Bangkok, Siam) ; vol. 80, p. 131, 1937 (Bangkok; 

 Tachin). 



Depth 4 to 41/2 ; head 31/3 to 334, width 21/5 to 2%. Snout 4 to 41/3 

 in head from snout tip ; eye 3 to 31/2, greater than snout or interorbital ; 

 maxillary reaches % to 14 in eye, length 2V3 to 2% in head from snout 

 tip; teeth not evident; interorbital 4l^ to 4^/2, low, slightly convex. 

 Gill rakers 13 + 23, lanceolate, 1% in eye; gill filaments % of gill 

 rakers. 



Scales 30 or 31 in lateral series from shoulder to caudal base and 2 

 or 3 more on latter ; 10 scales transversely at dorsal origin ; 13 or 14 

 predorsal scales. Caudal base scaly. Scales with 4 to 6 basal, mar- 

 ginal, slightly radiating striae ; circuli 45 to 50 basally, not extended 

 apically. Abdominal scutes 10 or 11 + 9 or 10. 



D. Ill, 11, I or III, 12, I, first branched ray II/4 to ll^ in total head 

 length ; A. in, 14, i to ni, 16, i, first branched ray 1% to 2 ; caudal 1 

 to li/s, deeply forked, lobes sharp pointed; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2l^ to 214; pectoral 1% to 1%, rays i, 10; ventral rays i, 7, 

 fin 1% to 2 in total head length. 



Very pale brown to whitish generally. Back above with scattered 

 dark gray dots, few also at end of snout and on cranium more distinct. 

 Iris whitish, turning gray in alcohol. Fins pale or whitish with 

 gray on front edge of dorsal and upper and lower edges of caudal, 

 also tip of each caudal lobe usually dark gray. 



Siam. With much the appearance of Corica. 



A.N.S.P. No. 60508. Bangkok, Siam. May 1934. R. M. de Schauensee. Length, 



65 mm. Type. 

 A.N.S.P. Nos. 60509-60518 and 61476-61488. Bangkok, Siam. May 1934. 



R. M. de Schauensee. Length, 46-58 mm. Paratypes. 



KOWALA HYPSELOSOMA (Bleeker) 



Clupeoides hypselosoma Bleekek, Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 3, p. 293, 

 1866 (type locality: Bandjermassing, Borneo). — Gunther, Cat. Fishes 

 British Mus., vol. 7, p. 451, 1868 (type). — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6er- 

 land., vol. 6, pi. (2)250, fig. 5, 1866-72.— Webeb and Beaufort, Fishes Indo- 

 Australian Archipelago, vol. 2, p. 59, 1913 (compiled). 



Clupea {Clupeoides) potamophilus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 6, 

 p. 101, 1866-72 (type locality: Borneo). 



