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Thrissocles mystax Fowlek, Copeia, No. 58, p. 62, 1918 (Philippines) ; Proc. 



Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 87, p. 94, 1935 (Bangkok; Kaknam) ; vol. 



89, p. 132, 1937 (Pakuam; Tachin).— Herre and Myeks, Raffles Mus. Bull. 



No. 13, p. 13, 1937 (Pulau Ubin, Singapore). 

 ScutengrauUs mystax McCltlloch, Australian Mus. Mem., vol. 5, p. 43, 1929 



(Queensland). — Roxas, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 55, p. 261, pi. 1, fig. 8 



(scale), 1934 (Luzon; Samar; Panay ; Negros).— Roxas and Maetin, Dept. 



Agr. Comm. Manila Tech. Bull. 6, p. 26, 1937 (reference). 

 Anchovia mystax Schmidt, Trans. Pacific Comm. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., vol. 11, 



p. 20, 1931 (Fusan). 

 Setipinna mystax Fovvusr, Hong Kong Nat., vol. 2, p. 203, 1931 (reference). 

 Thryssa porava (not Buchanan-Hamilton) Bleekeb, Verh. Batav. Geuootsch. 



(Madura), vol. 22, p, 14, 1849 (Madura Strait near Kammal, Surabaja 



and Sampang). 

 Engraulis poorawah Bleekeb, Nederlaud. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 4, p. 148, 1874 



(on Thryssa mystax Richardson). — Bean and Weed, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



vol. 42, p. 592, 1912 (Batavia). 

 Tricliosoma porava Ruttek, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1897, p. 65, 



(Swatow). 

 Engraulis mystacoides Bleekeb, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. (Haring.), vol. 24, p. 



42, 1852 (type locality: Batavia, Surabaja, Samarang, Pasuruan, Tjilatjap, 



Bancallong, Kammal, Sumanap). — GiJNTHEE, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 7, p. 



396, 1868 (type of Engraulis mystacoides, Amoy, China, East Indies). — 



Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, p. 580, 1895 (Luzon, Cavite, Santa Cruz). 

 Stolephoriis mystacoides Bleekeb, Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 2, p. 57, 



1865 (Amoy). 

 Thryssa mystacoides Wu, Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, vol. 5, No. 4, p. 24, 



fig. 18, 1929 (Amoy). 

 Engraulis hamiltoni (not Gray) Knee, Reise Novara, Fische, p. 334, 1865 (Java). 

 Engraulis hamiltonii GIInthee, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 7, p. 395, 1868 



(part). 



Depth 3% to 414; head 4 to 43/5, width 21/2 to 2%. Snout 41/3 to 

 5 in head ; eye 4 to 5, greater than snout to subequal with age, greater 

 to subequal with interorbital ; maxillary reaches beyond gill opening 

 or to pectoral origin, expansion 1% to 1% in eye, length 3i/^ to 4% 

 in combined head and body to caudal base; teeth fine, irregularly 

 biserial in jaws, extend along entire maxillary edge; interorbital 

 4l^ to 5 in head, convexly elevated. Gill rakers 9 to 11 + 16 or 17, 

 equal eye ; gill filaments % gill rakers. 



Scales (pockets) 40 to 42 in median lateral series to caudal base; 

 11 or 12 transversely, 20 to 24 predorsal. Abdominal serrae 17 or 

 18 + 10 to 12. Scales with 3 or 4 transverse striae; circuli as fine, 

 close-set, vertical, parallel striae. 



D. in, 9, 1, to III, 11, 1, first branched ray 1% to 1^/^ in head ; A. iii, 

 33, 1, to III, 36, 1, first branched ray ly^ to 1% I least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2% to 3i/^; pectoral 1% to ll^; ventral 23/^ to 3i^; caudal 

 3% to 4% in rest of body. 



Back neutral gray, sides and below, also iris, bright silvery white. 

 Suprascapula with many dark gray or blackish, parallel, close-set. 



