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Scales 35 (pockets) in medial lateral series, caducous. Abdominal 

 scutes 5 + 8, none before pectoral. 



D. I, 13, origin midway between snout tip and caudal base, fin 

 base 21/^ in head ; A. 35, origin behind last dorsal ray space equal to 

 eye diameter; caudal longer than head; pectoral reaches beyond 

 ventrals; ventral rays 7, origin slightly before dorsal, length 2% in 

 head. 



Silvery, brownish on sides and back. Two rows of pearl-colored 

 spots below median line, extend from head to caudal; upper row 

 of 18 or 19, lower row of 16 to 18, some of which golden yellow. On 

 sides of belly below third irregular row of 8 or 9 spots; also 4 or 5 

 on thorax and 5 on lower jaw. Length, 97 mm. (Jordan and Seale.) 



India, Ceylon. The species originally known from an example 

 150 mm. long with D. 15; A. 42; pectoral rays 12, 6 upper equal half 

 total length. 



COILIA DUSSUMIERI Valenciennes 



Coilia dussumieri Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 21, p. 81, pi. 610, 1848 

 (type locality: Bombay, Mahg, Pondiclierry).— Bleeker, Verb. Batav. 

 Genootsch. (Haring.), vol. 24, p. 45, 1852 (Soerabaja; Kammal) ; (Bengal), 

 vol. 25, p. 74, 1853.— Day, Fisbes of Malabar, p. 242, 1865.— Gxjnthehj, Cat. 

 Fishes Britisb Mus., vol. 7, p. 403, 1868 (East Indies).— Day, Fisbes of 

 India, pt. 4, p. 631, pi. 158, fig. 8, 1878 (Bombay, Orissa) ; Fauna Britisb 

 India, Fishes, vol. 1, p. 397, fig. 122, 1889. — Webeb and Beaufort, Fishes 

 Indo-Australian Archipelago, vol. 2, p. 50, fig. 20, 1913 (Surabaja; Bagan 

 Apt Api). — HOBA, Mem. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 6, p. 482, 1924 (Singora).— 

 Jordan and Seale, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 67, p. 360, 1926 (Singa- 

 pore). — Chabanaud, Service Oceanogr. Peches Indo-Chine, 1* note, p. 8, 1926 

 (Cochinchina). — Fowlek, Jouru. Bombay Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 32, p. 254, 1927 

 (Bombay). — Tteant, Service Oceanogr. Peches Indo-Chine, 6" note, pp. 

 115, 174, 1929 (Saigon).— Habdenberq, Treubia, vol. 13, livr. 1, p. 108, 1931 

 (Bagan Si Api Api).— Fowler, List Fish. Malaya, p. 33, 1938 (reference). 



Coilia {Coilia) dussumieri Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 6, p. 140, 

 pi. (12) 270, fig. 3, 1866-72 (Java, Madura, Singapore, Banka). 



Coila dussumieri Suvatti, Index Fish. Siam, p. 16, 1937 (reference) (error). 



Coilia dussumierii Haedenberg, Treubia, vol. 15, livr. 3, p. 228, 1936 (Sungei 

 Terentang, Borneo). 



Engraulis dussumieri Kner, Reise Novara, Fische, p. 333, 1865 (Java). 



Leptonurus chrysostigma Bleeker, Verb. Batav. Genootsch. (Madura), vol. 22, 

 p. 14, 1849 (type locality: Madura Straits near Kammal and Surabaja). 



Coilia quadrifilis Gunthee, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 7, p. 403, 1868 (type 

 locality: Pinang, Malayan Penin., Singajwre).— Steindachneb, Sitz. Ber. 

 Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. Kl., vol. 60, p. 571, 1870 (Singapore).— 

 Martens, Preuss. Exped. Ost-Asien, vol. 1, p. 404, 1876 (Sinkawang, 

 Borneo). — Webeb and Beaufort, Fisbes Indo-Australian Archip., vol. 2, 

 p. 51, 1913 (compiled).— Fowler, List Fish. Malaya, p. 33 (247), 1938 

 (reference). 



Coilia (Coilia) quadrifilis Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 6, p. 141, 

 1866-72 (copied). 



