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35 to 116. Caudal forked, unequally united with anal. Pectoral with 

 4 to 19 upper rays free, filamentous and much prolonged. 



ANALYSIS OF SPECIES 



a\ CoiLiA. Maxillary not reaching beyond gill opening in adult. 

 6\ Free pectoral filaments 4 to 6. 



c^. Anal rays 35 to 42; abdominal serrae 5 to 8 quadragesimalis 



c*. Anal rays 75 to 116. 



d\ Abdominal serrae 4 to 6+6 to S; A. 80 to 116 dussumieri 



d\ Abdominal serrae 5+10 or 11. 



e\ Ventral rays 7 cantoris 



e". Ventral rays 12 ramcarati 



d\ Abdominal serrae 17+35 ; A. 92 rendahli 



6". Free pectoral filaments 10 ; abdominal serrae 13 or 14+9 or 10__ coomansi 

 &*. Free pectoral filaments 11 to 14; abdominal scutes 4+7. 



f. Belly rounded before ventral ; eye 5% ; 11 free pectoral filaments. 



polyfilis 

 f. Belly with 4 scutes before ventral ; eye 3% to 4 or more ; 12 to 14 

 free pectoral filaments. 



f/\ A. 82 to 87 borneensis 



fif^ A. 116 reynaldi 



b*. Free pectoral filaments 19; abdominal serrae 2 or 3+9 or 10— rebentischii 

 a*. Choetomus. Maxillary extends back beyond head with age (may be shorter 

 than head in young). 



h\ Lower gill rakers 22+24. 

 i\ Scales 70 to 75; abdominal serrae 18 or 19+32 or 33; A. 70 



to 105 mystus 



^^ Scales 58 to 62; abdominal serrae 12 or 13+27 to 30; A. 



60 to 73 macrognathos 



7i*. Lower gill rakers 28 to 34. 



j\ Scales 58 to 62; abdominal serrae 15 to 17+23 to 28; 



A. 82 to 92 ; 7 free pectoral filaments grayii 



f. Scales 50; abdominal serrae 12+19; A. 76 or 77; 6 free 

 pectoral filaments lindmanni 



Subgenus Coilia Gray 



COILIA QUADRAGESIMALIS Valenciennes 



CoiUa quadragesimalis Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 22, p. 83, 1848 (type 

 locality: Ganges River). — Bleekek, Verb. Batav. Genootsch. (Bengal), vol. 

 25, p. 74, 1853 (reference). — GUntheb, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 7, p. 

 40i, 1868 (compiled).— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 4, p. 631, 1878 (Ganges 

 River) ; Fauna British India, Fishes, vol. 1, p. 397, 1889. 



Demicoilia margaritifera Jordan and Seale, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 67, 

 p. 363, 1926 (type locality: Colombo, Ceylon). 



Depth 31/^; head 3%o. Snout 5 in head; eye 4l^; maxillary 

 nearly or quite reaches gill opening, long as head behind nostrils; 

 teeth small in jaws, on palatines, pterygoids, and hyoids, probably 

 deciduous on vomer; opercle with 4 or 5 radiating grooves. Lower 

 gill rakers 23, li/io in eye. 



