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e*. Abdominal scutes 4 or 5 (to 8 in baganensis) between pectorals 

 and ventrals. 

 g^. Maxillary reaches front edge of preoperele; anal length 5% to 



6 in total length indica 



g^. Maxillary reaches gill opening. 



h^. Anal length 4%o to 5% in total length bataviensis 



Til Anal length 4^^ to 5 in total length tri 



h^. Anal length 4% to 4% in total length baganensis 



a*. Anal rays 31 to 34, 



i\ Depth rather over 3; head 414; dorsal origin midway be- 

 tween snout tip and caudal base nasuta 



i\ Depth rather less than S^/^ ; head 3% ; dorsal origin % nearer 

 snout tip than caudal base aestuaria 



ANCHOVIELLA CELEBICA (Hardenberg) 



StolepJiorus celebicus Habdenbeeg, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie, vol. 93, p. 262, 

 1933 (type locality: Menado, Celebes) ; Treubia, vol. 14, livr. 3, p. 327, fig. 

 9, 1934 (Menado). 



Depth 6 to 6%o ; head 3% to S^io. Snout somewhat shorter than 

 eye; eye 4 to 4i^ in head; maxilhiry reaches to mandibulary joint, 

 dilated posteriorly, truncated, space from snout tip, to hind end of 

 maxillary 1% to 1^/2 in head, 4i/^ to 5 in body length. Lower gill 

 rakers 23 to 25. 



Scales 35 or 36 in lateral series; 8 transversely. Scales not very 

 deciduous, striated. No abdominal scutes. Vertebrae 43 or 44, of 

 which 19 or 20 caudal. 



D. 14 or 15, origin postmedian in space between snout tip and 

 first rays of caudal; A. 13 or 14, inserted behind dorsal, 7% to 7i/^ 

 in length or somewhat longer than snout and eye; space from anal 

 origin to caudal base i^ to % length of pectoral fin shorter than 

 space between anal origin and pectoral base; pectoral rays 15, fin 

 shorter than postorbital part of head; ventral rays 7, fin % of 

 pectoral. 



A silvery lateral band. Black spot on occiput. Back and caudal 

 powdered with black. Other fins hyaline. 



Length, 100 mm. (Hardenberg.) 



East Indies. Related to Anchoviella zolUngeri, said to differ 

 chiefly in fin rays, longer head, anal nearer caudal, and without 

 abdominal scutes. 



ANCHOVIELLA PSEUDOHETEROLOBA (Hardenberg) 



Stolephorus pseudoheterolobus Hardenbeeg, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie, vol. 93, 

 pt. 2, p. 261, 1933 (type locality: Riouw and Lingga Archipelago; Mo- 

 luccas) ; Treubia, vol. 14, livr. 3, p. 325, fig. 7, 1934 (Java; Sumatra; 

 Celebes; Amboina). 



Depth 5% to 6I/5 ; head Z% to 41/5. Snout somewhat shorter than 

 eye ; eye 3i/^ to 4 in head ; maxillary reaches somewhat behind man- 



