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D. 12, begins somewhat nearer snout tip than caudal base, far be- 

 hind ventral origin ; A. 38, begins entirely behind dorsal, front rays 

 much longest; caudal deeply forked; pectoral rays 13, reach ventral, 

 upper ray not produced ; ventral rays 7. 



Bluish on back, silvery on sides and beneath, steel blue band separ- 

 ating 2 colors. Dorsal and caudal clouded at margin. Length, 141 

 imn. (Kamsay and Ogilby.) 



New Guinea. 



THRISSOCLES MALABARICA (Bloch) 



Clupea malaharicus Bloch, Naturg. ausUind. Fische, vol. 0, p. 115, pi. 432, 1795 

 (type locality: Tranquebar). — Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, p. 425, 1801 

 (Indian Sea). 



Clupea malaMrica LAcfipfioE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, p. 425, 1803 (description 

 in key). — Cxti'Iek, Regno animal, vol. 2, p. 176, 1S17 (reference). 



Clupea tnaladar Lac6p£de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, p. 549, 1803 (Malabar). 



Thryssa malabaricns Swainson, Nat. Hist. Animals, vol. 2, p. 293, 1839 (on 

 Bloch). 



Engraulis malaharims Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 21, p. 63, pi. 609, 

 1848 (Bombay).— Bleeker, Verb. Batav. Genootsch. (Bengal), vol. 25, p. 74, 

 1853 (reference).— Day, Fishes of Malabar, p. 239, 1865.— Gunthek, Cat. 

 Fishes British Mus., vol. 7, p. 395, 1868 (Malabar).— Day, Fishes of India, 

 pt. 4, p. 625, pi. 157, fig. 5, 1878 ( Sind ) .—Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espafi. Hist. 

 Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, p. 42, 1885 (North Celebes).— Day, Fauna Brit. India, 

 Fishes, vol. 1, p. 389, fig. 121, 1889.— Webek and Beaufort, Fishes ludo- 

 Australian Archipelago, vol. 2, p. 36, 1913 (copied Day ) .— Pillat, Journ. 

 Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 33, p. 356, 1929 (Travancore). 



Thryssa cuvieri Swainson, Nat. Hist. Animals, Fishes, vol. 2, p. 293, 1839 (on 

 Poonca Russell, Fishes of Coromandel, vol. 2, p. 75, pi. 194, 1803, type locality : 

 Vizagapatam). 



Depth 2%o; head 4. Snout 5 in head, slightly protrudes; eye 41/0 

 to 4%, greater than snout, IVo in interorbital ; maxillary reaches gill 

 opening, expansion li/^ in eye; fine teeth in jaws and on palate; 

 interorbital rather high. Lower gill rakers 21 to 25, 14 of eye. 



Scales 39 or 40 in medial lateral series; 11 or 12 transversely. 

 Abdominal scutes 17+9 or 10. 



D. I - II or III, 12, first branched ray IVs in head ; A. 11 or in, 38 to 

 40, first branched ray 21/5, fin base 2% in combined head and body to 

 caudal base; caudal 3%, well forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 21/i in head; pectoral 11/3; ventral 21/3. 



Silvery, shot with gold and purple. Black venules on shoulder 

 close behind gill opening. Fins yellow. Dorsal and end of caudal 

 edged with dark. Pectoral sometimes, but not usually, dark or black. 



(Day-) 

 India, East Indies. Length given by Valenciennes, 150 mm. 



