424 CLUPELDJi, 



■which occupies nearly the middle of the distance between the end of 

 the snout and the root of the caudal fin. There are fourteen abdo- 

 minal scutes behind the base of the ventral fin. Caudal fin scaly. 

 A .brownish spot on the shoulder (sometimes very indistinct) ; a 

 blackish spot anteriorly on the base of the dorsal fin. 

 Java. 



a. Type of the species. Batavia. From Dr. Blocker's Collection. 



b. Half-grown. Java. Purchased. 



14. Clupea perforata. 



Clupeonia perforata, C(mt. Mai. Fish. p. 294. 



Spratella kowala, Blcek. Ver. iSat. Gen. xxiv. Hcmnrj, p. 28; or Nat, 

 Tydschr, Ni'd. Iiul. ii. p. 492 (not Clupea koical, Riipp). 



D. 19. A. 19. L. lat. 43. L. transv. 13. 



The length of the head is one-fourth of the total (without caudal), 

 the height of the body one-third ; head nearly as deep as long. Scales 

 rcgiUarly arranged, firm, adherent, ivith the marcjin slightly serrated 

 and irregtdarly cremdated. Abdominal profile more convex than dor- 

 sal. LoAver jaw slightly projecting beyond the upper ; snout short, 

 maxillary extending beyond the vertical from the front margin of 

 orbit. A narrow strip of teeth on the palatine bones ; none on the 

 the vomer and pterygoids ; tongue with a median longitudinal toothed 

 ridge. Operclcs smooth. Gill-rakers very fine and closely set, 

 shorter than tlie eye. Eye as long as the snout, two-sevenths of 

 the length of tlio head. Ventral fin inserted below the middle of 

 the dorsal fin, Avhich occupies the middle of the distance between the 

 end of the snout and the root of the caudal fin. There are thirteen 

 abdominal scutes behind the base of the ventral fin. Caudal fin 

 scaly. Back bluish with dark longitudinal lines ; sides silvery ; top 

 of the dorsal fin and a spot at the base of the anterior rays blackish. 



East-Indian archipelago. 



a. Type of the species. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection, 



b. TyytG otSp. lowala. From Dr. Blocker's Collection. 



r, d. Fine specimens. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



15. Clupea albella. 

 Kowaln albella; Cia: Sf- T'al. xx. p. 3(32, pi, G02. 

 B. 6. D. 19. A. 23. 

 The height of the body is one-third of the total length (without 

 caudal), the length of the head one-fourth. Small teeth on the 

 pterygoids and jaws only. Maxillary extending beyond the vertical 

 from the front margin of the eye. Yentral fins below the middle of 

 the dorsal. Coloration uniform. (Val.) 

 Pondichorry. 



