446 CLTTPEID^. 



projecting beyond the upper ; maxillary reaching to below the middle 

 of the orbit. Teeth none. Ventral fins opposite to the anterior half 

 of the dorsal, the origin of which is a little nearer to the end of the 

 snout than to the root of the caudal. Caudal fin as long as the 

 head, thinlj' covered with small scales. ^uhoiJerculum rounded and 

 hut slif/htli/ tapcmui beJiind. There are twelve or thii'teen abdo- 

 minal scutes behind the ventral fins. Lower branch of the outer 

 branchial arch straight, with numerous, fine gill-rakers, the longest 

 of which are longer than the eye. Young with a blackish spot on 

 the shoulder. 



Indian ocean and archipelago. 



a-b. Adult and young : skins. Pinang. Prom Dr. Cantor's Col- 

 lection. 



c. Young. Java. From Dr. Blocker's Collection, as Alavsa ilisha. 



d. Half-grown. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection, as type of AJausa 



Jcanagarta. 

 e-f. Adult and half-grown. East-Indian archipelago. 

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

 h. Young. Zanzibar. From Col. Playfair's Collection. 



I am indebted to Prof. Peters for a renewed examination of the 

 typical specimen of Bloch's Clvpea sinensis. It is a dried skin, 

 smaller than the figure given by Bloch, with which it otherwise 

 pretty well agrees. It ai")pears to me evident from Prof. Peters's 

 notes on this example that it is Clupcmodon ilisha of Buchanan. 

 The shape of the gill-covers, which is veiy characteristic of this 

 species, is well represented in Bloch's figure. 



51. Clupea reevesii. 



Alosa reevesii, Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 305. 



palasah, Richards. I. c. p. 306. 



? Alausa reevesii, Cuv. ^ Val. xx. p. 437 (L. lat. 30 !) 



D. 17. A. 17-18. L. lat. 43. L. transv. 15. 



Scales regularly arranged, with the margin scarcely striated. The 

 height of the body is contained thrice and one-fourth in the 

 total length (without caudal), and nearly equal to the length of the 

 head. Caudal peduncle longer than deep. The Icngih of the smooth 

 operculum is about three- fourths of its depth. Lower jaw not jiro- 

 jecting beyond the upper ; maxillary straight, rather narrow, reach- 

 ing somewhat beyond the vertical from the middle of the orbit. 

 Teeth none. Ventral fins opposite to the anterior half of the dorsal, 

 the origin of which is nearly midway between the end of the snout 

 and the root of the caudal. Caudal fin rather shorter than the head, 

 thinly covered with small scales. Suboperculum tapering behind. 

 There are thirteen abdominal scutes behind the ventral fins. Lower 

 branch of the outer branchial arch nearly straight, with numerous, 

 fine gill-rakers, the longest of which are a little longer than the ej'e. 

 Young with a blackish spot on the shoulder. 



China. 



