2. ENGRATJLIS. 395 



rather widely set, about 16 on the lower branch of the outer bran- 

 chial arch. Origin of the doi'sal fin considerably nearer to the end 

 of the snout than to the root of the caudal ; anal fin commencing 

 below the posterior third of the dorsal. Abdomen compressed, with- 

 out scutes. Pectoral fins extending to the ventrals. Coloration 

 uniform. 

 Guyanas. 



a. Six inches long. British Guyana. Purchased of Mi". Scrivener. 



23. Engraulis compressus. 

 Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Exped. Fish. p. 336. 



D. 13. A. 38. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is one- 

 fifth of the total (with the caudal). MaxiUary extending to the 

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

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

 the middle of the dorsal. Pectorals reaching to the ventrals. A 

 silvery band along the side of the body. (Giranl.) 



San Diego (California). 



b. T7ie maxillary extends backwards beyond tlie gill-opening : Thrissa. 



24. Engraulis malabaricus. 



? Rtissell, ii. pi. 194. 

 Clupea malabarica, Blocli, pi. 432. 



Engi'aulis malabarica, Cuv. §• Val. xxi. p. 63, pi. 609 ; Day, Fij<h. 

 Malab. p. 2-39. 



B. 13-14. D. 14. A. 40. L. lat. 41. 



The height of the body is two-sevenths or one-third of the total 

 length (without caudal), the length of the head nearly two-ninths. 

 Both jaws Mith minute teeth ; the maxillary is dilated above the 

 mandibulary joint, and its posterior tapering portion extends only 

 a little beyond the gill-opening. Origin of the dorsal fin midway 

 between the end of the snout and the root of the caudal. Anal fin 

 commencing immediately behind the last dorsal ray. The entii'c 

 abdominal edge serrated. Scapulary region with black venules ; 

 head and pectoral minutely dotted with brownish black in mature 

 specimens. 



Coast of Malabar. 



a-h. Adult. From the Collection of the Zaological Society. 



25. Engi-aulis hamiltonii. 



Tlirissa baniiltouii, Ciray, Ind. Zool. c. fig. (scales too large). 

 Tluyssa mystax, Richards. Ichthyol. Chin. ]^. 309. 

 Eugi-aiilis mystax, Cantor, Mai. Fish. p. 30/ . 



gi'an, Bleeh. Vcrh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Haring, p. 41 ; and Xat. 



Tydsch: Ned. Ind. ii. p. 492 ; EJier, Novara, Fisch. p. 3:!3. 



B. 13. D. 13. A. 36-40. L. lat. 47. 



The height of the body is contained thrice and one-half or thrice 



