2. ENGRAULIS. 401 



Dorsal fin enveloped by scales, nearer to the end of the snout than 

 to the root of the caudal ; anal fin commencing below the middle of 

 the dorsal. The upper pectoral ray is produced into a very long 

 filament extending to the commencement or the end of the anal fin. 

 The whole abdominal edge is serrated. Uniform silvery. 



Bengal ; East-Indian archipelago. 

 a-c. Adult (150 mm.) and young. Bengal. Presented by G. R 



Waterhouse, Esq. 

 /. Adult : skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 g. Adult. Java. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



36. Engraulis telara. 



Clupea telara, Ham. Buck. Fish. Gang. pp. 241 & 382, pi. 2. fig. 72. 



phasa, Ham. Buck. I. c. pp. 240 & 382. 



Engraulis brevifilis, Cuv. (^ Val. xxi. p. 54. 



telara, Cuv. 8f Val. xxi. p. 56, pi. 608 ; Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. 



XXV. Benff. ^- Hind. p. 147. 

 phasa, Cuv. <§- Val. xxi. p. 69. 



B. 13-14. D. 13. A. 70-75. L. lat. 55. 



The height of the body is two-ninths of the total length (without 

 caudal), the length of the head two-elevenths. Snout very short, but 

 slightly projecting beyond the lower jaw. Minute teeth in both jaws. 

 Maxillary dilated and obliquely truncated behind, extending beyond 

 the mandibulary joint. Gill-rakers lanceolate, widely set, the longest 

 being as long as the eye ; there are about eighteen on the lower 

 branch of the outer branchial arch. Dorsal fin much nearer to the 

 end of the snout than to the root of the caudal ; anal fin commencing 

 in advance of the dorsal. The upper pectoral ray is produced into a 

 sometimes very long filament. The whole abdominal edge is serrated. 

 Uniform silvery. 



Bengal ; Gachar. 



a. Adult. Cachar. Presented by Lieut. -Col. Playfair. 

 h. River Hooghly. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



B. Loioerjaw jjrominettt : Heterothrissa. 



37. Engraulis breviceps. 



Engraulis breviceps, Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 306. 



pfeiiferi, Bleek. Nat. Ti/dschr. Ned. Ind. iii. p. 433. 



B. 17-18. D. 17. A. 60-63. L. lat. 56. 

 The snout is so short that the symphysis of the mandible is the 

 foremost part. Eye very small. Operculum extremely narrow, 

 leaving a portion of the giUs uncovered. The height of the body is 

 two-sevenths of the total length (without caudal), the length of the 

 head nearly one-sixth. Minute teeth in both jaws. MaxiUary with 

 its supplementary bone of an ovate shape, truncated behind, extend- 

 ing to the mandibulary joint. Gill-rakers lanceolate, slightly curved, 

 widely set, longer than the eye ; there are about eleven on the lower 

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



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