426 CLTTPEID.'E. 



the end of the snout and the root of the caudul fin. There are 

 fourteen abdominal scutes behind the ventral fin. Coloration uni- 

 form. 



Macassar; Batavia. 

 a. Adult. Java. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



IS. Clupea tembang. 

 Spratella fimbriata, Bleclc. Vcrh. But. Gen. xxiv. Harinrj, p. 27 (not 



a c^ v.). 



Clupea gibbosa, Bleek. Joiirn. Ind. Archip. 1849, Celebes. 

 Spratella tembang, Bleek. Vcrh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Ilariny, p. 28 ; or Nat. 

 Tychchr. Ned Ind. iii. p. 774. 



B. 6. D. 18. A. 18-19. L. lat. 45. L. transv. 12. 



The height of the body is a Httle more than the length of the 

 head, which is oue-foiu'th of the total (without caudal). Head 

 longer than deep. Scales regularly arranged, rather firm, and adhe- 

 rent, with the margin very indistinctly striated. Abdominal and 

 dorsal profiles nearly equally convex. Lower jaw projecting beyond 

 the upper ; snout of moderate length, maxillary not extending to 

 below the middle of the orbit. A narrow strip of minute and deci- 

 duous teeth on the palatine bones ; none on the vomer ; tongue with 

 a very narrow median band of minute teeth. Cheeks with very fine 

 radiating striae ; opercles smooth. GUI-rakers fine and closely set, 

 shorter than the eye. Eye shorter than the snout ; a little more 

 than one -fourth of the length of the head. Ventral fin inserted 

 below the middle of the dorsal fin, the origin of which is considerably 

 nearer to the end of the snout than to the root of the caudal fin. 

 There are fourteen abdominal scutes behind the base of the ventral 

 fin. Back bluish, with dark longitudinal lines ; sides sUvery. 



East-Indian archipelago. 



a. Tyi^e of Sp. temhanr/. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



b. Adult. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection as /Sp. fimbriata. 



c. Half-grown. Java. Purchased. 



19. Clupea atricauda. 



? Clupanodou jussieui, var., Lacep. v. pi. 11. fig. 3. 

 ? Clupeouia commersonii, Cuv. 8f Val. xx. p. 350. 



? vittata, Cuv. 4" Val. xx. p. 352. 



Harengula melanm-us, Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. v. p. 245 {not 

 Alausa melanurus, C. df V.). 

 B. 6. D. 18. A. 18. L. lat. 44. L. transv. 12. 

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

 fourth of the total (without caudal) ; head longer than deep. Scales 

 regularly arranged, rather fii'ui, and adherent, A^-ith the margin indi- 

 stinctly serrated and irregularly crenulated. Abdominal profile not 

 more convex than the dorsal. Lower jaw projecting beyond the 

 upper ; snout of moderate length, maxillary not extending to below 

 the middle of the orbit. A narrow strip of minute and deciduous 



