3, coiLiA. 403 



set, the longest as long as the eye ; there are about twenty-eight on 

 the lower branch of the outer branchial arch. 

 Hindostan ; Borneo. 



a. Type of the species. Ganges. Presented by G. E. WaterhoiLse, 



Esq. 

 6. Adult. Calcutta. From the Collection of Messrs. vou Schla- 



gintweit. 



c. Half-grown. India. 



d. Type of C. rebentischi. Borneo. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



2. Coilia quadrifilis. 



Coilia reynaldi, Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 310 (not Cm. ^- Val). 

 B. 10. D. 16. A. 107-116. 

 Four pectoral filaments. Maxillar^^ obliquely trimcated behind, 

 extending to the mandibulaiy joint. The length of the head is one- 

 sixth of the total (without caudal) ; the diameter of the eye is one- 

 fourth of the length of the head. Abdomen serrated in front of the 

 ventrals. One or two series of distant rounded spots of shining gold 

 along the lower half of the body. 



Pinang ; Malayan peninsula ; Singapore. 

 a-h. Skins, 7 inches long, not in good state. From Dr. Cantor's 

 Collection as Coilia reynaldi. 



3. Coilia dussumieri. 



Coilia dussumieri, Cuv. ^- Val. xxi. p. 81, pi. 610 ; Bleek. Vei-h. Bat. 



Gen. xxiv. Having, p. 45 ; Hyrtl, Denkschr. Ak. Wiss. Wien, x. 



1855. 

 Leptonm-us chrysostigma, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxii. Madura,^. 14. 



B. 11. D. 14. A. 80-85. L. lat. 70. Crec. pyl. 8. 



Six pectoral filaments. MaxiUary tapering behind, extending 

 nearly to the gill-opening. The leng-th of the head is a little less 

 than one-fifth of the total (without caudal) ; diameter of the eye 

 two-ninths of the length of the head. The distance between the 

 vertical from the first dorsal ray and the end of the snout is one- 

 third of the total length Cwithout caudal). Serrature of the abdo- 

 men very conspicuous. Gill-rakers fine, closely set, the longest as 

 long as the eye ; there are about twenty-five on the lower branch of 

 the outer branchial arch. Three series of brilliant pearl-coloured 

 spots along the lower half of the body. 



East Indies. 

 a. 150 mm. long. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



4. Coilia borneensis. 



Bhek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Ilaring, p. 4o ; or Sat. Tyd.^chr. Xed. 

 Ind. iii. p. 437. 



B. 9. D. 13. A. 84-87. L. lat. 50. 

 Six pectoral filnment?. Mnxillary tapering to a fine point, ex- 



