FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 659 



lUsJia xanthoptenis Bleekeb, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 6, pi. (7)265, fig. 



3, 1866-72 (Borneo). 

 Ilisha xantlioptera Norman, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, vol. 11, p. 9, 1923 



(type; Malay Archipelago). 



Depth 3 to Sy^, ventral profile more convex than dorsal; head 3% 

 to 4. Snout shorter than eye, which 3% to 3% in head; maxillary 

 reaches below front part or I/2 ^^ ^J^; lower jaw strongly projecting; 

 ridges on head run parallel posteriorly, greatest interspace 314 to 4 

 in eye. Lower gill rakers 21 to 23. 



Scales 50 to 52 in medial lateral series ; 15 or 16 transversely. Ven- 

 tral scutes 24 to 27+10 to 13. 



D. 17 or 18, origin equidistant from snout end and caudal base, or 

 little hearer former ; A. 46 to 48, origin below hind part of dorsal or 

 below its last rays, base length 2% to 2% in body length ; vertical dis- 

 tance from upper end of pectoral base to thorax equal to or greater 

 than postocular part of head ; ventral shorter than eye, inserted well 

 before dorsal, little nearer pectoral base than anal origin. (Norman.) 



Body above bluish green, below yellowish silvery. Snout and 

 mandible dusky terminally. Iris yellowish. Fins yellow, dorsal and 

 caudal with minute dusky dots. Length, 362 mm. (Bleeker.) 



East Indies. 



ILISHA MELASTOMA (Cuvier) 



Clupea melastoma Cuvikb, Rfegne Animal, ed. 2, vol. 2, p. 319, 1829 [on Jangarloo 

 Russell, Fishes of Coromandel, vol. 2, p. 73, pi. 191, 1803 (type locality: 

 Vizagapatam) ]. 



Platygaster niegalopterus Swainson, Nat. Hist. Animals, vol. 2, p. 294, 1839 (on 

 Jangarloo Russell). 



Pcllona megaloptera Jerdan, Madras Journ. Lit. Sci., vol. 17, p. 145, 1851. — Day, 

 Fishes of India, pt. 4, p. 645, pi. 165, fig. 2, 1878; Fauna British India, 

 Fishes, vol. 1, p. 382, 1889. — Tikant, Service Oc^anogr. Peches Indo-Chlne, 

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



Ilisha megalopterus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 6, p. 119, pi. 

 (6) 264, fig. 6, 1866-72 (Java, Madura, Singapore, Bintang, Bauka, Borneo, 

 Amboina). 



Ilisha megaloptera Norman, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, vol. 11, p. 10, 1923 

 (type of Pellona rnssclli, India, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago). — 

 Fowler, List Fish. Malaya, p. 29, 1938 (reference). 



Pellona dussumieri Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 20, p. 316, pi. 596, 1847 

 (type locality: Malabar; Coromandel; Bombay). — GUnther, Cat. Fishes 

 British Mus., vol. 7, p. 457, 1868 (copied).— D at. Fishes of India, pt. 4, p. 645, 

 1878 ( probably =PeHona megaloptera). — We25er and Beaufort, Fishes Indo- 

 Australian Archipelago, vol. 2, p. 92, 1913 (Batavia, Bagan Api Api, Kota 

 baru). — Chabanaud, Service Oc6anogr. Peches Indo-Chine, 1" note, p. 9, 1926 

 (Cochinchina). — Hardenberg, Treubia, vol. 13, livr. 1, p. 112, 1931 (Bagan Si 

 Api Api) ; vol. 15, livr. 3, p. 231, 1936 (Kapuas R., Borneo). — Suvatti, Index 

 Fish. Siam, p. 10, 1937 (Gulf of Siam ; Bangkok; Maenam Canthaburi). 



Pellona micropus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 20, p. 320, 1847 (type 

 locality: Coromandel coast, Bengal). — GtJNTHEE, Cat. Fishes British Mus., 

 vol. 7, p. 454, 1868 (copied). 



