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interorbital 5, slightly elevated, level medially; cheeks, opercle, occipi- 

 tal and humeral regions venulose. Gill rakers 30+58 to 60, finely seti- 

 f orm, 1^ in eye ; gill filaments % gill rakers. 



Scales 37 to 41 in median lateral series to caudal base and 5 or 6 

 more on latter ; 12 scales transversely, 14 predorsal. Abdominal serrae 

 17 or 18 + 14. Axillary ventral scale 4^ of fin. Scales with 4 to 6 

 transverse wide set or vertical striae ; circuli fine, few apically where 

 pitted. 



D. Ill, 15, I or III, 14, I, first branched ray li/^ to 1% in total head 

 length; A. iii, 16, i, first ray 334 to 41/0; caudal 31/5 to 31/3 in rest of 

 body ; least depth of caudal peduncle 2i/^ to 2% in total head length ; 

 pectoral li/4 to ll^ ; ventral 2. 



Back brown, also head above. Sides and below silvery white. 

 Iris silvery white, turning gray in formalin specimens. Dorsals and 

 caudal pale brownish. Lower fins whitish. 



Arabia, Persian Gulf, Pinang, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, East 

 Indies, Philippines, Siam, Amoy, Polynesia. 



20142. Bacoor, Luzon. June 15, 1908. Length, 78 mm. 



8862. Catbalogan, Samar. April 15, 1908. Length, 50-125 mm. Lower gill 



rakers 50 to 55. The small ones with dark spot at front of dorsal basally and 



ends of caudal lobes dusky, as shown in Bleeker's figure of Clnpea (Spra- 



tella) gibtosa. 3 examples. 

 9100. Catbalogan Anchorage. April 15, 1908. Length, 119 mm. 

 7767 to 7771. Catbalogan. April 17, 1908. Length, 177-138 mm. 

 9 examples. Cavite market. June 14, 1908. Length, 74-117 mm. 

 5976, 5978, 5981, 5985. Cavite market. December 1, 1908. Length, 85-127 mm. 

 19405, 19406. Iloilo market. March 28, 1908. Length, 107-113 mm. 

 13185, 14157 to 14159. Iloilo market. June 1, 1908. Length, 9&-137 mm. 

 7750. Jolo market. February 12, 1908. Length, 115 mm. 



5153, 5154, 5156. Manila market. December 12 to 18, 1907. Length, 122-129 mm. 

 8170 to 8179, 8181 to 8185, 9064. Manila market. June 12, 1908. Length, 



83-123 mm. 



4 examples. Manila market. June 13, 1908. Length, 130-138 mm. 

 9 examples. Manila market. June 17, 1908. Length, 108-121 mm. 

 9065, 13673. Manila market. June 24, 1908. Length, 120 and 121 mm. 



5 examples. Manila market. April 20, 1909, Length, 115-128 mm. 



21996. Near mouth of Tayabas River, Luzon. February 25, 1909. Length, 

 107 mm. 



2 examples. No data. "Faoselts herring." Length, 103-130 mm. 



1 example. Port Langcan, Palawan. April 8, 1909. Length, 138 mm. 

 8 examples. Tacloban market. July 25, 1909. Length, 83-134 mm. 



3 examples. Sandakan Bay, Borneo. March 2, 1908. Length, 88-96 mm. 

 29 examples. Sandakan Bay. March 21, 1908. Length 87-115 mm. Most all 



show brilliant purplish, greenish, and violet reflections, some coppery on lower 



surfaces and many have the tints like those of tinsel. As usual tails of all 



uniformly pale. 

 9958, 11467, 11469. Kowloon market, China. September 8, 1908. Length, 



95-111 mm. 

 10666. Kowloon market. October 5, 1908. Length, 125 mm. 



