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(Coromandel) ; Fauna British India, Fishes, vol. 1, p. 382, 1889. — Webee and 

 Beaufort, Fishes Indo-Anstralian Archipelago, vol. 2, p. 86, fig. 29 (maxil- 

 lary), 1913 (Batavia, Macassar, Pare Pare). — Barnard, Ann. South African 

 Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, p. 1016, 1927 (Natal coast, Delagoa Bay). 



Pellona hoeveni Weber, Siloga Exped., vol. 57, Fische, p. 7, 1913 (Lombok and 

 Saleyer). — Stjvatti, Index Fish. Siam, p. 11, 1937 (reference). 



Pellona hoeiceni Chabanatid, Service Oceanogr. Peches Indo-Chine, 1° note, p. 

 9, 1926 (Annam coast). 



Ilisha hoevenil Bleekee, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 6, p. 117, pi. (11) 269, 

 fig. 2, 1866-72 (Java, Siunatra, Singapore, Celebes, Halmaheira, Obi Major, 

 Amboina, Ceram). — Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 

 12, p. 501, 1904 (Padang, Sumatra). — Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., 

 vol. 26 (1906), p. 5, 1907 (Cavite).— Evermann and Se.\le, Bull. Bur. Fisher., 

 vol. 26 (1936), p. 54, 1907 (San Fabian).— Jordan and Richardson, Bull. Bur. 

 Fisher., vol. 27 (1907), p. 236, 1908 (Manila).— Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philadelphia, 1911, p. 210 (Padang example) ; Copeia, No. 58, p. 62, 1918 

 (Philippines) ; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1925, p. 195 (Delagoa Bay 

 and Natal); vol. 79, p. 258, 1927 (Orion; Philippines). — Roxas, Philippine 

 Journ. Sci., vol. 55, p. 283, pi. 2, fig. 9 (scale), 1934 (Luzon; Mindoro 

 Masbate; Leyte ; Panay ; Guimaras). — ^Roxas and Martin, Dept. Agr. Comm. 

 Manila Tech. Bull. 6, p. 19, 1937 (reference). 



Ilisha hoeveni McCulloch, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 7, pt. 4, p. 241, 1922 

 (between Cairns and Rockhampton ) . — Herre, Fishes Herre Philippine 

 Exped. 1931, p. 14, 1934 (Manila).— Herre and Mteks, Raffles Mus. Bull., 

 No. 13, p. 12, 1937 (Sumatra coast 100 miles west of Singapore). 



Ilisha hoevennii McCulloch and Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 8, pt. 2, 

 p. 132, 1925 (reference). 



Pellona natalensis Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. South African Mus., vol. 6, 

 p. 202, 1908-11 ( type locality : 24 fathoms South Head Tugela River, north 

 by west 4% miles). — Barnard, Ann. South African Mus., vol. 21, pt. 1, 

 p. 110, pi. 7, fig. 1, 1925 (Natal coast, in 25 fathoms). 



Ilisha natalensis Gilchrist, Marine Biol. Rep., South Africa, No. 1, p. 60, 1913 

 (Natal).— Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, pt. 4, p. 298, 

 1917 (reference). 



Ilisha indica (not Swainson) Boulenger, Catalogue fresh water fishes Afiica, 

 vol. 1, p. 163, fig. 130, 1909. 



Depth 23^ to 314; head Si/g to 31/2, width ^Yq to 23^4. Snout 

 314 to 3% in head from snout tip; eye 2l^ to 3l^, greater than 

 snout or interorbital, lid narrow; maxillary reaches % to I/2 in eye, 

 expansion 2 to 2% in eye, length l%o to 2 in head from snout 

 tip; front edge of upper jaw scarcely notched medially; teeth imi- 

 serial on jaw edges, minute, also some on lower maxillary edge ; vomer 

 and palatines toothless, broad patch of minute teeth on each pterygoid, 

 few on tongue; interorbital 5 to 714, level; preorbital, cheek, opercle 

 and top of head posteriorly with venulose striae. Gill rakers 12 or 

 13 + 21 to 27, lanceolate, I/2 of eye; gill filaments 2% in eye. 



Scales 36 to 39 in median lateral series to caudal base and 4 or 5 

 more on latter; 11 or 12 scales transversely, predorsal 14? to 16. Ab- 

 dominal serrae 16 to 20+7 or 8. Scales with 2 complete and 5 imper- 

 fect median transverse striae ; circuli very fine, vertically parallel. 



