FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 715 



Coilia reynaldl (not Valenciennes) Cantor, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 

 18, p. 1292, 1S49 (Pinaug, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Rangoon). — Bleeker, 

 Verh. Batav. Genootscb. (Bengal.), vol. 25, p. (74) 148, 1853 (Calcutta).— 

 Day, Fishes of Malabar, p. 241, 1865. — Bleekek, Versl. Med. Akad. Wet. 

 Amsterdam, vol. 12, p. 79, 1861 (Pinang). 



Coilia rcljnalili Bleeker, Verb. Batav. Genootscb., vol. 26, pi. 5, fig. 3, 1857. 



Depth 41/3 to 51/5 ; head 4% to 5%, width 21/6 to 21/3. Snout 4% 

 to 5% in head ; eye 4jV to 4i/^, greater than snout, 1% to li^ in inter- 

 orbital, "without lids ; maxillary reaches nearly or quite to edge of gill 

 opening, expansion 2 to 21^ in eye, length I^/q to l^^ in head ; inter- 

 orbital 314 to 3l^, broadly convex, cavernous. Gill rakers 20-|-23, 

 lanceolate, slender, 1% in eye. 



Scales 65 to 70 in medial lateral series; 10 or 11 transversely, 11 or 

 12 predorsal to occiput. Scales rather thin, cj^cloid, caducous; with 



5 or 6 largely radiating basal striae; rest of scale w4th large, open 

 reticulations, most distinct apically. Abdominal scutes 5 or 6 + 6 to 

 8, begin behind pectoral base. 



D. Ill, 10 to in, 12, with spine before dorsal, first branched ray 

 1^ to 1^4 in head ; A. in, 98 to in, 103, first branched ray 3i/^ to 3% ; 

 caudal ly^ to 1%, pointed; pectoral rays 8 to 11, free filaments 4 to 



6 even on same fish, reach nearly or halfway to caudal base; ventral 

 21/5 to 2% in head, inserted opposite dorsal origin. 



Faded largely very pale brownish, lighter below, evidently with 

 silvery reflections in life. Fins pale, gray on anal posteriorly and 

 on caudal. Iris slaty. Head with some brownish dots above. 



Seychelles, India, Pinang, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, East 

 Indies. 

 5 examples. A. N. S. P. Bombay. Dr. F. Hallberg. 1925. Lengtb, 160-178 mm. 



COILIA CANTORIS Bleeker 



Coilia cantoris Bleeker, Verb. Batav. Genootscb. (Bengal.), vol. 25, p. (74) 148, 

 1853 (type locality: Calcutta) ; vol. 26, pi. 6. fig. 2, 1857.— GiJNTHEK, Cat. 

 Fisbes British Mus., vol. 7, p. 402, 1868 (type).— Day, Fisbes of India, pt. 

 4, p. 631, 1878 (type) ; Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 1, p. 396, 1889. 



Depth 6^3 in total length ; head 6. Snout pointed, projects beyond 

 mouth; eye 4i/^ in head, li/^ in snout; maxillary not reaching gill 

 opening, obliquely truncate; teeth in jaws small, equal. 



Scales 58 in medial lateral series ; abdominal scutes 5 + 10. 



D. i-iii, 10, origin in second fourth of body length; A. 75, base 

 rather over half total length; caudal rays 10; pectoral rays 6+6, 

 short, free ones not reaching anal ; ventral rays 7, not half long as 

 head. 



Color without marks. Length 100 mm. (Day.) 



India. 



