2. ENGKAULIS- 389 



o. Adiilt. Zanzibar. From Colonel Playfaii-'s Collection. 

 b. Adult. From the Collection of the Zoological Societj'. 

 c-e. Half-grown. Bengal. Presented by G. R. Waterhousc, Esq. 



8. Engraulis tri. 



Engraulia tri, Blcck. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Ilarinq, p. 40 ; or 2^at. 

 Tychchr. Xcd. Lid. iii. p. 436. 



B. 11-12. D. 14. A. 20. L. lat. 39*. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 

 and one-fourth of the total length (without caudal) ; head one-third 

 longer than deep. Snout pointed, much projecting beyond the lower 

 jaw ; raaxillaiy very finely toothed, produced and pointed behind, 

 extending to the gill-opening. Origin of the dorsal fin nearer to the 

 root of the caudal fin than to the end of the snout. Anal com- 

 mencing below the posterior fourth of the dorsal. Abdomen sliglitly 

 compressed in front of the vcntrals, with four scutes terminating in 

 long slender spines. Scales thin and deciduous. A weU-defined 

 silvery band, as broad as the orbit, along the side. 



Java ; Banka ; Borneo. 

 a. One of the typical specimens. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



9, Eng^raulis brownii. 



? Piquitinga, Marcgr. Pkc. Bras. p. 159. 



Menidia, Bromi, Jam. p. 441, tab. 45. fig. 3. 



Argentina, sp., Groiiov. Zoophj/I. p. 112. no. 350. 



Atherina brownii, i. Gm. i. p. 1397. 



Engraidis piquitinga, Spiv, Pise. Bras. tab. 23. fig. 1 (not good). 



tricolor, Af/ass. ibid. p. 51. 



Argentina meuidia, Gronov. Si/st. ed. Gray, p. 141. 



B. 12. D. 15. A. 19-21. L. lat. ca 42. 



The height of the body is contained four times and two-thirds in 

 the total length (without caudal), the length of the head thrice and 

 three-fourths ; head two-thirds as long as deep. Snout pointed, 

 much projecting beyond the lower jaw ; maxillary very finely 

 toothed, produced and pointed behind, extending to the margin of 

 the subopercidum. Origin of the dorsal fin nearer to the root of 

 the caudal fin than to the end of the snout. Anal commencing 

 below the posterior fourth of the dorsal. Abdomen slightlj- com- 

 pressed in front of the ventrals. Scales thin, deciduous. A weU- 

 defined, intensely silvery band along the side. 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic ; Pacific coast of Central America ; 

 Ceylon. 



rt. Fine specimen. San Domingo. Purchased of Jfr. Cuming. 

 b-tl. Adult. Jamaica. From Mr. Parnell's Collection. 

 e-h. Half-grown. Jamaica. From ilr. Gosse's Collection. 

 i-L: Half-grown : skins. Jamaica. From Mr. ParneU's Collection. 



» 'Si)t 30 as stated by Bleoker. 



