388 CLITPEIDJE. 



projecting beyond the lower jaw ; maxillary very finely toothed, 

 truncated behind, extending to the mandibulary joint. Origin of 

 the dorsal fin somewhat nearer to the end of the snout than to the 

 root of the caudal fin. Anal commencing at a short distance behind 

 the dorsal. Abdomen scarcely compressed, some of the scales along 

 the median line of the abdomen terminating in a spine. Scales 

 thin, not readily deciduous, with numerous vertical striaj. Sides 

 and lower parts silvery, back dark-coloured. 



East-Indian archipelago ; Siam. 

 a. One of the typical specimens. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



6. Engraulis productus. 

 Poey, Hepert. Fis.-Nat Cub. 1866, p. 380. 



B. 12 or 13. D. 13. A. 29-33. L. lat. 40. 

 The height of the body is rather more than the length of the head, 

 and two-sevenths of the total length (without caudal). Snout 

 pointed, much projecting beyond the lower jaw. Teeth present in 

 the upper jaw only, and so minute as to be only visible with a lens. 

 Maxillary sword-shaped, obliquely truncated, and tapeiing behind, 

 extending nearly to the gill-opening. Origin of the dorsal fin nearly 

 midway between the root of the caudal fin and the end of the snout. 

 Anal fin commencing below the middle of the dorsal. Abdomen 

 compressed, mthout scutes. Coloration uniform. 



Cuba ; Jamaica. 

 a. Several skins (180 mm. long). Jamaica. From Dr. Pamell's 

 Collection. 



** A well-defined sihery band along the side. 

 7. Engraulis commersonianus. 

 Stolephorus commersonianus, Lacep. v. p. 382, pi. 12. fig. 1 (bad). 

 Clupea vittargentea, Lacep. v. p. 458. 

 Atherina commersoniana, Shaw, Zool. v, 1. pi. 113. fig. 1. (cop. from 



Lacepede^. 

 ? Atherina australis, White, Voy. N. S. Wales, p. 296, c. fig. 

 Engraulis brownii, Cuv. ^ Val. xxi. p. 41 (descript. and synon. pars) ; 

 Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Having, p. 39. 



B. 12. D. 15. A. 21. L. lat. 40. 



The height of the body is contained four times and one-half in 

 the total length (without caudal), the length of the head four times 

 and one-third ; head one-third longer than deep. Snout pointed, 

 much projecting beyond the lower jaw ; maxillary very finely toothed, 

 produced, and pointed behind, extending to the angle of the prae- 

 operculum. Origin of the dorsal fin nearer to the root of the caudal 

 fin than to the end of the snout. Anal commencing below the pos- 

 terior third of the dorsal. Abdomen slightly compressed in front of 

 the ventrals. Scales thin, deciduous. A well-defined silvery band, 

 rather narrower thati the orbit, along the side. 



East-Indian ocean and archipelago ; ? Australia. 



