5. CLTTPEA. 427 



teeth on the palatine and pterygoid bones ; none on the vomer ; 

 tongue with a very narrow median band of minute teeth. Checks 

 with very fine radiating striae ; opercles smooth. Gill-rakcrs fine 

 and closely set, shorter than the eye. Eye shorter than the snout ; 

 one-foiu-th of the length of the head. Yciitral fin inserted below 

 the middle of the dorsal fiu, the origin of which is considerably 

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

 There arc thirteen abdominal scutes behind the base of the ventral 

 fin. A dark streak along each dorsal scries of scales ; tip of each 

 caudal lohe deep hhtclc (this disappears occasionally in preserved ex- 

 amples). 



Coram and AmbojTia. 



a. Type of the species. Coram. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 

 h-d. Fine specimens. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



This fish does not appear to be distinct from Clupea temhang. 



20. Clupea moluccensis. 



Harengula moluccensis, Bleek. Nat. Ti/dschr. Ned. Ind. iv. p. GOO. 

 kunzei, Bleek. I. c. xii. p. 200. 



B. 6. D. 17-18. A. 17. L. lat. 40. L. transv. 12. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, A\'hich is a 

 little more than one-fourth of the total (without caudal) ; head 

 longer than deep. Scales regularly arranged, rather firm, deciduous, 

 A\ith the margin shghtly aiul irregiilai-ly crenulated. Abdominal 

 profile not more convex than the dorsal. Lower jaw projecting 

 beyond the upper ; snout short, maxillary extending nearly to below 

 the middle of the orbit. A narrow strip of teeth on the palatine and 

 pterygoid bones ; none on the vomer ; tongue with a median baud of 

 minute teeth. Cheeks and operculum with very fine radiating striae. 

 Gill-rakers fine and closely set, shorter than the eye ; there are 

 about thirty-eight on the lower branch of the outer branchial arch. 

 Eye as long as the snout, two-sevenths of the length of the head. 

 Ventral fin inserted below the middle of the dorsal fin, the origin of 

 which is not much nearer to the end of the snout than to the root of 

 the caudal fin. There are thirteen abdominal scutes behind the base 

 of the ventral fin. Coloration uniform. 



ilolucca Sea ; Cejdon . 



0. Tj-pe of the species. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



b. Type of H. Icunzei. Ternate. From Dr. Blocker's Collection. 



c. Adult. Ceylon. Presented by Sir J. E. Tennent. 



21. Clupea fimhriata. 



Spratella fimbriata. Cut: ^- Vid. xx. p. 3-jO, pi. 600; D<7if, Hsh. Malab. 



p. 23.1 

 Kow.ila lauta, Cant. Mai Fish. p. 270. 



D. 18-19. A. lG-19. L. lat. 45. L. transv. 12. 

 The length of the head is contained four times in the total (with- 

 out caudal), the height of the body thrice and a fourth. Scales regu- 



