5. CLXji'iiA. 42o 



bb. The height of the boihj is less than 07iC'tkiid of the total length (xcithout 



caudal), 



16. Clupea sirm. 



Clupea sirm, Fonh. Dcscr. Anim. p. xvii. no. 144 j Ri'qrp. N. W. 



Fische, p. 77, taf. 21. fig. 1 (not good). 

 Sardinella leiogaster, Cuv. S,- Val. xx. p. 270 ; Sleek. Verh. Sat. Gen. 



xxiv. Having, p. 18. 

 ? Harengula punctata, Cuv. <§• Val. xx. p. 297. (Sec p. 412.) 

 SardineUa leiogastroides, Bleeli. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. vii. p. 255 (young). 



B. 6. D. 17-18. A. 18-19. L. lat. 40. L. transv. 12. 



The lieight of the hody is less than the length of the head, which is 

 contained four times and one-fourth in the total (without caudal). 

 Scales regularly arranged, thin, deciduous, without striae or serrature. 

 Jaws equal in length, the maxillary not quite extending to below the 

 front margin of the orbit. Patches of minute teeth on the palatine 

 and pterygoid bones and on the base of the tongue ; none on the 

 vomer. Cheeks with venules, opercles smooth. Gill-rakers rather 

 shorter than the eye, fine, and closely set ; there are about thirty- 

 five on the lower branch of the ih'st branchial arch. Eye of mode- 

 rate size, shorter than the snout, one-fourth of the length of the head. 

 Ventral fins inserted below the middle of the dorsal fin, the origin of 

 which is nearer to the end of the snout than to the root of the caudal 

 fin. There are fourteen abdominal scutes bcliind the ventral fin ; 

 they do not project. Sometimes a series of round bluish spots along 

 the side. 



Red Sea; Indian ocean and archipelago. 



a. Adult : skin. Zanzibar. From Col. Playfair's Collection. 

 h. Adult. . Batavia. From Dr. Blceker's Collection. 

 c. Young, type of S. leiogastroides. Manado. From Dr. Blocker's 

 Collection. 



17. Clupea clupeoides. 



Amblygaster clupeoides, Bleek. Jouni. Ind. Arehipcl, 1849, p. 7.S. 

 Sardinella clupeoides, Bleek. Verh. But. Gen. xxiv. Having, p. 19 ; or 

 Tydschr. Ned. Ind. iii. p. 773. 



B. 6. D. 17. A. 16-17. L. lat. 43 *. L. transv. 12. 

 The height of the body equals the length of the head, which is 

 contained four times and one-third in the total (without caudal). 

 Scales regularly arranged, thin, rather adherent, Avithout stria) or 

 serrature. Jaws equal in length, the viaxillary not extending to 

 below the front margin of the orbit. Broad patches of distinct teeth 

 on the palatine and pterygoid bones and on the tongue ; none on the 

 vomer, and aj^parcntly none in the jaws. Cheeks with venules, 

 opercles ijmooth. Gill-rakers much shorter than the eye, rather 

 coarse ; there are about thirty on the lower branch of the first 

 branchial arch. Eye large, somewhat shorter than the snout, two- 

 sevenths of the length of the head. Ventral fin inserted below the 

 anterior half of the dorsal fin, the origin of which is midway between 



* Not 35 p. lu., as slated by Ulccker. 



