402 CLUPKID.K. 



between the end of the snout and 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. Vertical fins with black margins. 

 Pinang ; Borneo. 



a. Type of the species : skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Col- 



lection. 



b. Type of E. pfeifferL Borneo. From Dr. Blocker's Collection. 



3. COILIA* 



Mystus, Lacep. v. p. 466. 



Coilia, Gray, Zool. Misc. 1831, p. 9. 



Chsetomus/M'CM. Calc. Jouni. Nat. Hist. iv. 1843, p. 405. 



Body compressed, terminating in a long tapering tail. Scales of 

 moderate size. Snout, jaws, and dentition as in Engraidis. Anal 

 fin exceedingly long, confluent with the caudal. The two or three 

 upper pectoral rays are much prolonged, and their branches form 

 four, six, or seven filaments. Branchial apparatus as in Engraulis. 



Indian and Chinese seas. 



The species may be arranged thus : — 



I. Maxillary not extending backwards beyond the head. 



A. Anal rays more than 70, p. 402. 



B. Anal lays about 40, p. 404. 



II. Maxillary extending backwards bej^ond the head, p. 404. 



I. Maxillary not extending backwards beyond the head. 

 A. Atial rays more than seventy. 



1. Coilia ramcarati. 



Mystus ramcarati, Ham. Bitch. Fish. Gang. p. 233. 

 Engraulis (Coilia) hamiltonii, Gray, Ind. Zool. c. fig. 

 Coilia hamiltoni, Otv. ^- Val. xxi. p. 79. 



reynaldi, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv. Beny. 8f Hindost. p. 143. 



rebentischi, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc, Indo-Keerl. i^ Borneo, xii. p. 5. 



B. 11. D. 13. A. 94-110. L. lat. 70. 

 Six pectoral filaments. Maxillary obliquely truncated behind, 

 extending to the mandibulary joint. The length of the head is 

 nearly one-sixth of the total (without caudal) ; diameter of the eye 

 one-fifth of the length of the head. The distance between the ver- 

 tical from the first dorsal raj and the end of the snout is contained 

 thrice and two-thirds in the total length (without caudal). Abdo- 

 men not serrated in front of the ventrals. Gill-rakers fine, closely 



* 1. Coilia reynaldi, C. Sf V. xxi. p. 81. — Irawaddy. 



2. cantoris, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv. p. 148.— River Hooghly. 



«. Type of the species (100 rain, long), in bad state. From Dr. Bleeker's 

 Collection. This example is young and ought not to iiave been made 

 the type of a distinct species. 



