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ILISHA PRISTIGASTROIDES (Blceker) 



Pellona pristigastroides Bleeker, Verb. Batav. Genootsch. (Haring.), vol. 24, 

 p. 20, 1852 (type locality: Batavia, Java). — Gunthee, Cat. Fishes British 

 Mus., vol. 7, p. 459, 1868 (type). — DiJNCKER, Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Ham- 

 burg, vol. 21, p. 186, 1904 (Kuala Lumpur). — Webek and Beaufort, Fishes 

 Indo-Australian Archipelago, vol. 2, p. 89, 1913 (type). — Habdenbeeg, Treu- 

 bia, vol. 13, livr. 1, p. 112, 1931 (Bagan Si Api Api).— Sttvatti, Index 

 Fish. Siam, p. 11, 1937 (Gulf of Siam). 



Ilisha pristigastroides Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 6, p. 121, pi. 

 (11)269, fig. 1, 1866-72 (Java and Borneo).— Norman, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 ser. 9, vol. 11, p. 6, 1923 (type).— Fowlee, List Fish. Malaya, p. 29, 1938 

 (reference). 



Depth 314? ventral profile, especially anteriorly, much more convex 

 than dorsal; head 414. Snout little shorter than eye, which 334 in 

 head; maxillary nearly reaches i>^ in eye; lower jaw strongly pro- 

 jecting ; ridges on head diverge posteriorly, greatest interspace 2% in 

 eye. Lower gill rakers 17. 



Scales 50 in medial lateral series; 14 or 15 transversely. Ventral 

 scutes 27+12, prominent. 



D. 17, origin much nearer caudal base than snout end, equidistant 

 from former and front eye edge; A. 48, origin below first dorsal 

 ray, base length 2^ in body length; ventrals shorter than eye, in- 

 serted nearer pectoral base than anal origin. (Norman.) 



Body above golden or bluish green, below yellowish silvery. Snout 

 end dusky. Iris yellowish or rosy. Fins yellowish, caudal with 

 hind edge dusted brown. Length, 185 mm. (Bleeker.) 



Java, Borneo. 



ILISHA AMBLYUROPTERA (Bleeker) 



Pellona amblyuropterus Bleeker, Verb. Batav. Genootsch. (Haring.), vol. 24, p. 

 21, 1852 (type locality: Batavia, Java). — Weber and Beaufort, Fishes 

 Indo-Australian Archipelago, vol. 2, p. 90, 1913 (Bagan Api Api, Sumatra). — 

 Chabanaud, Service Oc^anogr. Peches Indo-Chine, 1* note, p. 9, 1926 

 (Tonkin).— Habdenberg, Treubia, vol. 15, livr. 3, p. 231, 1936 (Telok Peka- 

 dai, Borneo). — Suvatti, Index Fish. Siam, p. 10, 1937 (Siam; Gulf of 

 Slam; Sriracha). 



Pellona amNyuroptera GIjnther, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 7, p. 459, 1868 

 (East India). — Vincigueera, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Geneva, ser. 3, vol. 

 10, p. 618, 1926 (Sarawak). — Tieant, Service Oc^anogr. Peches Indo-Chine, 

 6« note, p. 121, 1929 (Cochinchina). 



Ilisha amblyuropterus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 6, pi. (4) 262, 

 fig. 4, 186&-72 (Java, Sumatra, Singapore, Borneo). — Noeman, Ann. Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., ser. 9, vol. 11, p. 7, 1923 (Malay Archipelago). — Fowler, List 

 Fish. Malaya, p. 28, 1938 (reference). 



Depth 31/^, ventral profile more convex than dorsal; head 4. Snout 

 little shorter than eye, which 4^ in head; maxillary reaches % in 

 eye or beyond; lower jaw strongly projecting; ridges on head diverge 

 posteriorly, greatest interspace ^3 of eye. Lower gill rakers 16. 



