5. CLTjrKA. 425 



bb. TIic hcii/ht of the hvdy is less than otic-third of the total loii/th (withotit 

 ccmdal). 



IG. Clupea sirm. 



Clupea sirm, ForsI;. Dcscr. Anim. p. xvii.no. 1-14; Biipp. N. W. 



Fische, p. 77, taf. 2]. fig. 1 (not good). 

 Sardinella leiogastcr, Cuv. ^ Val. xx. p. 270; Bleck. Vcrh. Bat. Gen. 



xxiv. IIari)i(/, p. 18. 

 ? Harcngula punctata, Cuv. S^- Val. xx. p. 297. (See p. 412.) 

 Sardinella leiogastroides, Bleek.Tydschr. Ned. Ind. vii. p. 255 (young). 



B, G. D. 17-18. A. 18-19. L. lat. 40. L. trausv. 12. 



The height of the hody is less than the lenr/tJi of the head, ■which is 

 contained four times and one-fourth in the total (-without caudal). 

 Scales regularly arranged, thin, deciduous, -without strife or serrature. 

 Ja-ws equal in length, the maxillarj' not quite extending to bclo-w the 

 front margin of the orbit. Patches of minute teeth on the palatine 

 and pterygoid bones and on the base of the tongue ; none on the 

 vomer. Checks -with venules, opcrcles smooth. Gill-rakers rather 

 shorter than the eye, fine, and closely set ; there are about thirty- 

 five on the lo-wer branch of the first branchial arch. Eye of mode- 

 rate size, shorter than the snout, one-fourth of the length of the head. 

 Ycntral fins inserted belo-w the middle of the dorsal fin, the origin of 

 ■which is nearer to the end of the snout than to the root of the caudal 

 fin. There ai'e fourteen abdominal scutes behind the ventral fin ; 

 they do not project. Sometimes a series of round bluish spots along 

 the side. 



Ecd Sea ; Indian ocean and archipelago. 



a. Adult : skin. Zanzibar. From Col. Playfair's Collection. 



b. Adult. Batavia. From Dr. Blocker's Collection. 



e. Young, type of S. Jeiogastroides. Manado. From Dr. Blocker's 

 Collection. 



17. Clupea clupeoides. 



Amblygaster clupeoides, Bleck. Journ. Ind. Archipcl, 1849, p. 73. 

 Sardinella clupeoides, Bleek. Vcrh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Jlarinfi, p. 19; or 

 Tydschr. Ned. Ind. iii. p. 773. 



B. 6. D. 17. A. 16-17. L. lat. 43*. L. transv. 12. 

 The height of the body equals the length of the head, -which is 

 contained four times and one-third in the total (-without caudal). 

 Scales regularly arranged, thin, rather adherent, -v^uthout stria; or 

 serrature. Ja-ws equal in length, the maxillary not extending to 

 belo-w the front margin of the orbit. Broad patches of distinct teeth 

 on the palatine and pterygoid bones and on the tongue ; none on the 

 vomer, and apparently none in the jaws. Cheeks -with venules, 

 opcrcles smooth. Gill-rakers much sliortcr than the eye, rather 

 coarse ; there arc about thirty on the lower branch of the first 

 branchial arch. Eye large, somewhat shorter than the snout, two- 

 sevenths of the length of the head. Tentrnl fin inserted below the 

 anterior half of the dorsal fin, the origin of which is midway between 



* Not 35 p. m., ns stated by Blceker. 



