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pi. 159, fig. 1, 1878 (Madras; Burma) ; Fauna British India, Fishes, vol. 

 1, p. 398, 1889. — ViNCiGUERRA, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Geneva, ser. 2, vol. 

 9, p. 352, 1890 (Rangoon). — Webeb and Beiautort, Fishes Indo-Aus- 

 tralian Archipelago, vol. 2, p. 52, 1913 (Bleeker's types). — Tibant, Service 

 Oceanogr. Peches Indo-Chine, 6^ note, pp. 30, 115, 174, 1929 (Hue).— 

 Chevey, Inst. Oceanogr. Indochine, 19" note, p. 9, 1932 (Cochinchina ; Cam- 

 bodia).— Hardenberg, Treubia, vol. 15, livr. 3, p. 228, 1936 (Padang Tikar- 

 bay; Peniti River, Borneo). 



Coilia {Coilia) bonieensis Bleekeb, Atlas Ichth. lud. Neerland., vol. 6, p. 139, 

 pi. (12) 270, fig. 3, 1866-72 (Sumatra; Borneo). 



Coila borneensis Suvatti, Index Fish. Siam, p. 10, 1937 (reference) (error). 



Depth over 4 to 5 ; head 4% to 5. Snout prominent, shorter than 

 eye; eye 3i/^ to 4 or more; maxillary extends nearly to gill open- 

 ing. Lower gill rakers 26 to 28, long as eye. 



Scales 52 to 60 in medial lateral series; 10 or 11 transversely. 

 Abdominal scutes 7 + 4, none of preventral before pectoral. 



D. I, 13 or 14, about twice as near snout as caudal base; A. 82 to 

 87, 1% to 1% in body length; pectoral rays 18 to 22, with 12 to 14 

 upper produced, reaching first anal rays or much farther; ventral 

 rays 7, inserted before dorsal origin. (Weber and Beaufort.) 



Above golden green or yellowish green, below yellowish silvery. 

 Iris yellow. Fins yellowish, verticals more or less dusted dusky. 



Length, 140 mm. (Bleeker.) 



India, Burma, Siam, East Indies. 



COILIA REYNALDI Valenciennes 



Coilia reynaldi VALENcmNNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 21, p. 81, 1848 (type local- 

 ity: Irawaddy River, Rangoon, Burma ).^ — Cantor, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Ben- 

 gal, vol. 18, p. 1292, 1849 ( part ) .—Bleeker, Verb. Batav. Genootsch. (Ben- 

 gal), vol. 25, p. 148, 1853 (reference).— Gunther, Cat. Fishes British Mus., 

 vol. 7, p. 402, 1868 ( compiled ) .—Da y, Fishes of India, pt. 4, p. 630, 1878 

 (Calcutta) ; Fauna British India, Fishes, vol. 1, p. 396, 1889.— Fowlee, List 

 Fish. Malaya, p. 33, 1938 (reference). 



Coilia {Coilia) reynaldi Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 6, p. 141, pi. 

 (8) 266, fig. 1, 1866-72 (Bengal). 



Depth 6 in total length; head 7. Snout overhangs upper jaw; eye 

 4 in head, equals snout, li^ in interorbital ; maxillary reaches nearly 

 to end of opercles, close to pectoral origin; teeth fine in both jaws. 



Scales 55 in medial lateral series; 10 or 11 transversely. Abdom- 

 inal scutes 12, extend on preventral. 



D. i,-iii, 11, origin at first fourth of total length; A. 116, below 

 or slightly beyond hind dorsal edge, continuous with caudal; caudal 

 rays 10; pectoral rays 5 or 6 + 12, upper rays prolonged nearly to 

 middle of body ; ventral rays 6. 



Silvery white, with pinkish reflections. (Day.) 



India, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Pinang, Singapore. Originally 

 based on young examples 100 mm. long. 



