424 CLurEiDji. 



•whicli occupies nearly the middle of the distance between the end of 

 the snout and the root of the caudal fin. There are fourteen abdo- 

 minal scutes behind the base of the ventral fin. Caudal fin scaly. 

 A brownish spot on the shoulder (sometimes very indistinct) ; a 

 blackish spot anteriorly on the base of the dorsal fin. 

 Java. 



a. Type of the species. Batavia. From Dr. Bleckcr's Collection. 



b. Half-srown. Java. Purchased. 



14. Chipea perforata. 



Cliipeoiiia perforata, Canf. Mai. Fish. p. 294. 



Spratella kowala, Jilceh. Vvr. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Haring, p. 28 ; or 2\at, 

 Tydschr. Ned. Ind. ii. p. 492 (not Chipea koical, liiipp). 



D. 19. A. 19. L. lat. 43. L. transv. 13. 



The length of the head is one-fourth of the total (without caudal), 

 the height of the body one-third ; head nearly as deep as long. Scales 

 regidarly arranged, firm, adherent, luitli the margin slir/hthj serrated 

 and irrec/idarly cremdated. Abdominal profile more convex than dor- 

 sal. Lower jaw slightly projecting beyond the upper ; snout short, 

 maxillary extending beyond the vertical from the front margin of 

 orbit. A narrow strip of teeth on the palatine bones ; none on the 

 the vomer and pterygoids ; tongue with a median longitudinal toothed 

 ridge. Opcrclcs smooth. Gill-rakers very fine and closely set, 

 shorter than the eye. Eye as long as the snout, two-sevenths of 

 the length of the head. Ventral fin inserted below the middle of 

 the dorsal fin, which occupies the middle of the distance between the 

 end of the snout and the root of the caudal fin. There are thirteen 

 abdominal scutes behind the base of the ventral fin. Caudal fin 

 scaly. Back bluish with dark longitudinal lines ; sides silvery ; top 

 of the dorsal fin and a spot at the base of the anterior rays blackish. 



East-Indian archipelago. 



a. Type of the species. Pinang. Erom Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



b. Type oiSp. IcoiuaJa. Erom Dr. Bleeker's Collection.? 



c. d. Eine specimens. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Erank. 



15. Clupea albella. 



Kowala albella, Cm\ S,- Vul xx. p. CG2, pi. G02. 

 B. 6. D. 19. A. 23. 

 The height of the body is one-third of the total length (without 

 caudal), the length of the head one-fourth. Small teeth on the 

 pterygoids and jaws only. Maxillary extending beyond the vertical 

 from the froiit margin of the eye. Ventral fins below the middle of 

 the dorsal. Coloration uniform. {Val.) 

 Pondicherry. 



