FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 645 



Spratella pseudopterus Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indie, vol. 3, p. 432, 



1852 (type locality: Pamangkat, southwest Borneo). 

 Clupeoides pseudopterus Gunther, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 7, p 452, 1868 



(type). — Vaiixant, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, ser. 3, vol. 5, p. 1(X), 



1893. 

 Corica pseudopterus Bleekee, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 6, p. 98, pi. (2) 



260, fig. 3, 1866-72 (Borneo).— Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, vol. 10, 



p. 589, 1922 (type of Corica pseudopterus). — Hardenbekg, Treubia, vol. 13, 



livr. 3^, p. 412, fig. 2, 1931 (Bandjermasin, Moesi R., Padang Tikarbay) ; 



vol. 15, livr. 3, p. 230, 1936 (Kapuas R., Borneo). ^ — Cheivey, Inst. Oc^anogr. 



Indochine, 19* note, p. 9, 1932 (river at Saigon). — Hexre and Mtees, Raffles 



Mus. Bull., No. 13, p. 12, 1937 (Singapore). 

 Corica (Corica) pseudopterus Webee; and Beaufort, Fishes Indo-Australian 



Archipelago, vol. 2, p. 54, 1913 (types). 



Depth 4; head 4^. Snout 4 in head from upper jaw tip; eye 314, 

 slightly larger than snout ; maxillary reaches about V5 in eye, length 

 2% in head; interorbital % of eye, low. (Gill rakers 22, con- 

 spicuously longer than gill filaments and pupil — ^Weber and Beau- 

 fort.) 



Scales 40 to 42 in median lateral series, 10 transversely. Ventral 

 scutes 10 or 11 + 7 or 8. 



D. ni, 12 or 13, first branched dorsal ray IV5 in total head, origin 

 slightly behind ventral origin ; A. 11, 12 or 13 + 2, first branched ray 

 2 in head ; caudal 3% in rest of body, forked in hind third and lower 

 lobe longer ; least depth of caudal peduncle 2 in head ; pectoral 1% ; 

 ventral 1%. 



Silvery, with light band. Length, 50 mm. (Day.) 



India, Borneo. Possibly the East Indian form may be different, 

 though there is little in the description on which to separate it. 



CORICA PERAKENSIS Herre 



Corica perakensis HptEE, Bull. Raffles Mus., No. 12, p. 5, pi. 1, 1936 (type lo- 

 cality: Perak River, Perak). — Heere and Myers, Raffles Mus. Bull. No. 13, 

 p. 12, 1937 (types). — Fowter, List Fish. Malaya, p. 247, 1938 (reference). 



Depth 42/5 to 41/2; head 34^ to ^q. Snout 31/3 to 33/5 in head; 

 eye 3, longer than snout; maxillary reaches opposite front margin of 

 pupil, length 2l^ to 2% in head. Gill rakers 6+16, longest less than 

 pupil and much shorter than gill filaments. 



Scales 38 in lateral series, very deciduous. Abdominal scutes 7 or 

 8 + 4 to 6, of former rarely 6 have spines or usually only last 2 bear 

 spines, and postventral with larger and more prominent spines. 



D. 14 or 15, origin nearer snout tip than caudal base, fin base 

 5%o iri length, height 71/10 or 5I/2 in some specimens; A. 15 + 2, fin 

 base 61/3 in length, fin height 8^4; pectoral little less than head 

 without snout, 6 to 6V3 in length ; ventral origin beneath fifth dorsal 

 ray, fin length 2% to 2% in head. 



