400 CLUPEID^. 



nintlis of the total (without caudal). Snout compressed, very little 

 projecting beyond the lower jaw. Teeth in both jaws, the upper 

 very conspicuous and rather distant, the lower still larger, about 14 

 on each side. Maxillary obliquely truncated, extending to the man- 

 dibulary joint. Gill-rakers lanceolate, shorter than the eye, distant, 

 nine on the lower branch of the outer branchial arch. Origin of the 

 dorsal fin midway between the root of the caudal fin and the sca- 

 pula, behind the origin of the anal fin. Abdomen trenchant, with 

 spiny scutes, which extend forwards to the pectoral fins. Pectorals 

 reaching beyond the root of the ventrals. Coloration uniform. 

 Borneo. 



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



II. The upper pectoral ray is in'olonged into a filament ; anal rays fifty or 



7nore. 



A. Upper jaro prominent : Telara. 



34. Engraulis melanochir. 



Bleek. Verh. Bat. Grn. xxii. Madura, p. 1.3, and xxiv. Ilaring, p. oG. 

 B. 13-14. D. 14. A. 50-52. L. lat. 53. 



The height of the body is a little less than one-third of the total 

 length (without caudal), the length of the head one-fifth. Snout 

 very short, but slightly projecting beyond the lower jaw. Minute 

 teeth in both jaws. MaxUlary dilated and obliquely truncated behind, 

 extending to the mandibulary joint. Gill-rakers lanceolate, widely 

 set, the longest being as long as the eye; there arc about nine on the 

 lower branch of the outer branchial arch. Origin of the dorsal fin 

 nearer to the root of the caudal than to the end of the snout ; anal 

 fin commencing below the anterior dorsal rays. The upper pectoral 

 ray is produced into a short filament not extending to the anal. The 

 whole of tho abdominal edge is serrated. Uniform silvery. 



East-Indian archipelago ; Siam. 



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

 h. Half-grown. From the Haslar Collection. 



35. Engraulis taty. 



Engraulis taty, Cuv. <§• Val. xxi. p. 60; Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 306; 

 Bleek, Verh, Bat. Gen. xxiv. Haring, p. 36. 



tenuifilis, Cuv. <§• Val. xxi. p. 62. 



telaroides, Bleek. I. c. xxii. Madura, p. 13. 



B. 13. D. 13-15. A. 51-56. L. lat. 46. 

 The height of the body is one-third, or rather less than one-third, 

 of the total length (without caudal), the length of the head one-fifth. 

 Snout short, projecting beyond the lower jaw. Minute teeth in both 

 jaws. Maxillary dilated into a semicircular lamella behind and 

 obliquely truncated, extending to the mandibulary joint. Gill-rakers 

 lanceolate, not widely set, the longest being as long as the eye ; there 

 are about twenty on the lower branch of the outer branchial arch. 



