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dibulary joint, dilated posteriorly, pointed, distance from snout tip 

 to hind end of maxillary 4% to 4%o "^ length, I14 in head. Lower 

 gill rakers 23 to 25. 



Scales 38 in lateral series; 9 transversely. Scales very deciduous, 

 scarcely striated. Abdominal scutes 4 to 6, last one remote from ven- 

 trals. Vertebrae 43, of which 20 caudal. 



D. 14 or 15, origin midway to little behind in space between snout 

 tip and first rays of caudal ; A. 16 to 18, origin midway between pec- 

 toral base or gill opening and caudal base; fin 5% to 6I/5 in length, 

 long as lower jaw, origin behind dorsal; pectoral rays 13 or 14, long 

 as postorbital part of head ; ventral rays 7, fin % of pectoral. 



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

 fin powdered with black. Other fins hyaline. 



Length, mature at 65 mm, reaches 100 mm. (Hardenberg.) 



East Indies, on Java coast and Moluccas. Said to resemble 

 Anchoviella heteroloha^ but with shorter maxillary and lower body. 



ANCHOVIELLA HETEROLOBA (Ruppell) 



EngrauUs heteroloJ)us Ruppell, Neue Wirbelth., Fische, p. 79, pi. 21, fig. 4, 1835 

 (type locality: Red Sea). — Guntheb, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 7, p. 392, 

 1868 (Red Sea; East Indies). — Klunzinger, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 

 vol. 21, p. 596, 1871 (Koseir) ; Arch. Naturg., vol. 38, 1872, p. 42 (Hobson 

 Bay) ; Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss., Wien, math.-nat. CI., vol. 80, p. 415, 1880 

 (Cleveland Bay; Hobson Bay). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 

 Wales, vol. 9, p. 57, 1884 (compiled). — Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, 

 p. 580, 1895 (Samar). — Steindachner, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.- 

 nat. Kl., vol. 71, pt. 1, p. 157, 1907 (Gischin).— Weber, Siboga Exped., vol. 57, 

 Fische, p. 6, 1913 (Lonibok). — Hekre, Field Mus. Publ. 353, zool. ser., vol. 21, 

 p. 34, 1936 (Fiji; Solomons). 



EngrauUs heteroloba Martens, Verb. zool. hot. Ges. Wien, vol. 16, p. 379, 1866 

 (Koseir, Red Sea). 



Stolephorus heterolohus Bleeker, Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 3, p. 305, 

 1866; Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 6, p. 126, pi. (7) 265, fig., 1866-72 

 (Sumatra, Ternate, Amboina). — Weber and Beaijeort, Fishes Indo-Aus- 

 tralian Archipelago, vol. 2, p. 44, 1913 (Java Sea, Lombok). — Hora, Mem. 

 Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 6, p. 14, 1924 (Singora). — Chevey, Inst. Oceanogr. 

 Indochine, 19* note, p. 8, 1932 (Cochin China; Phu-Quoc; Annam). — Heree, 

 Journ. Pan-Pacific Res. Inst, vol. 8, No. 4, p. 6, 1933 (Dumaguete). — Har- 

 denberg, Treubia, vol. 14, livr. 3, p. 324, fig. 6, 1934 ( Java ; Kangean Archi- 

 pelago ; Singapore; Bali). — Hekre, Fishes Herre Philippine Exped. 1931, 

 p. 16, 1934 (Dumaguete). — Roxas and Martin, Dept. Agr. Comm. Manila 

 Tech. Bull. 6, p. 24, 1937 (reference). 



Depth 5 to 6; head Sy^ to 4, width 5 to 5l^. Snout very prom- 

 inent, shorter than eye; eye 3^5 to 4 in head, greater than snout or 

 interorbital ; maxillary dilated at mandibulary joint, tapers pos- 

 teriorly, rounded end reaching hind border of preopercle, length 

 lYs in head; interorbital S% to 4%, convex. Gill rakers 15 + 22, flat- 

 tened, slender, 3 times gill filaments, little shorter than eye. 



