426 cujPEiD-E. 



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

 fourteen abdominal scutes behind the ventral fin. Coloration uni- 

 form. 

 ^Macassar; Batavia. 



a. Adult. Java. From Dr. Blceker's Collection. 



18. Clupea tembang. 



Spratella fimbriata, Blech. Vcrh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Harinq, p. 27 (not 



C.^-V.). 

 CUipea gibbosa, Blceh. Journ. Lid. Archip. 1849, Celebes. 

 Spratella tembanp:, Block. Vcrh. Bat. Gen. xxiv, Hminy, p. 28 ; or Nat. 



Tydschr. Ned. Ind. iii. p. 774. 



B. 6. D. 18. A. 18-19. L. lat. 45. L. transv. 12. 



The height of the body is a little more than the length of the 

 head, which is one-foui'th of the total (without caudal). Head 

 longer than deep. Scales rcgularlj- arranged, rather firm, and adhe- 

 rent, with the margin very indistinctly striated. Abdominal and 

 dorsal profiles nearly equally convex. Lower jaw projecting beyond 

 the upper ; snout of moderate length, maxillary not extending to 

 below the middle of the orbit. A narrow strip of minute and deci- 

 duous teeth on the palatine bones ; none on the vomer ; tongue with 

 a very narrow median band of minute teeth. Cheeks with very fine 

 radiating striae ; opercles smooth. Gill-rakers fine and closely set, 

 shorter than the ej'e. Eye shorter than the snout ; a little more 

 than one-fourlh of the length of the head. Ventral fin inserted 

 below the middle of the dorsal fin, the origin of which is considerably 

 nearer to the end of the snout than to the root of the caudal fin. 

 There are fourteen abdominal scutes behind the base of the ventral 

 fin. Back bluish, with dark longitudinal lines ; sides silvery. 



East-Indian archipelago. 



a. Type of Sp. temhang. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



b. Adult. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection as Sp. fimbriata. 

 e. Half -grown. Java. Purchased. 



19. Clupea atricauda. 



? Clupanodon jussieui, var., Lacep. v. pi. 11. fig 3 

 ? Clupeonia commersonii, Ctiv. 8f Val. xx. p. 350. 



? vittata, Cuv. S) Val. xx. p. 352. 



Hareng\xla melanurus, Bleeli. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. v. p. 245 {not 

 Alausa melanurus, C. ^- V.). 

 B. 6. D. 18. A. 18. L. lat. 44. L. transv. 12. 

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

 fourth of the total (without caudal) ; head longer than deep. Scales 

 regularly arranged, rather firm, and adherent, witli the margin indi- 

 stinctly serrated and irregularly crenulated. Abdominal profile not 

 more convex than the dorsal. Ijower jaAv projecting bejond the 

 upper ; snout of moderate length, maxillary not extending to below 

 the middle of the orbit. A. narrow strip of minute and deciduous 



