400 ATHEKINID^. 



17. Atherina lacunosa. 



Atherina waigiensis (pai;t.), Quoy Sf Gaim. Vuy. Uran. Zoul. p. ;J34. 



laciinosa, Bleek. Sumatra, iii. p. 504 (probably not Forst. or 



Valenc.). 



D. 6 ||- A. ^^. L. lat. 44. 



The spinous dorsal fin is nearer to the anal fin than to the ventrals. 

 The height of the body is two-thirteenths of the total length, the 

 length of the head two-ninths. Snout much shorter than the eye, 

 the maxillary extending to below the pupil ; teeth in the jaws less 

 distinct than on the vomer and the palatine bones. Margin of the 

 scales denticulated. No black spot on the pectoral fin. {BleeJr.) 



East Indian Archipelago. Waigiou. 



18. Atherina duodecimalis. 



? Atherina duodecimalis, Cm: <&• Val. x. p. 458. 

 Atherina duodecimalis, Bleek. Miouw, p. 485. 



D.SJi.. A. ^. L. lat. 35. 



The spinous dorsal fin occupies the middle between the ventral and 

 anal. The height of the body is contained five times and a half in 

 the total length, the length of the head four times and a quarter. 

 The width of the head is four-sevenths of its length. The diameter 

 of the eye is nearly one-half of the length of the head, twice the 

 extent of the snout, and more than the width of the interorbital 

 space. Cleft of the mouth very oblique ; the ihaxillary extends below 

 the anterior half of the eye. The length of the pectoral fin is con- 

 tained five times and a half in the total. No black dots along the 

 side of the body. {Bl.) 



Ea^it Indian Archipelago. (Ceylon ?) 



19. Atherina stipes. 



Mail. 8f Trosch. in Schomh. Hist. Barbad. p. 671. 



D. 5 I -. A. ^2- L- lat. 37. L. transv. 6. 



Similar to A. hoyeri in form ; the diameter of the eye is nearly 

 equal to the width of the interorbital space, and twice or more than 

 twice the extent of the snout ; the maxillary extends beyond the 

 vertical from the anterior margin of the orbit. The distance of the 

 end of the snout from the root of the ventral is two-thirds of that 

 from the dorsal. Theru is a sharp undulated edge forming the upper 

 margin of the orbit. Teeth numerous and distinct in both jaws and 

 on the palate. Two series of small black dots along the side of the 



tail. 



Sea of Barbadocs. 



The typical specimens are in the Berlin Museum. 



a. Not good state. From Mr. Parnell's Collection. 



