5. CLUPEA. 427 



teeth on tlie palatine and pterygoid bones ; none on the vomer ; 

 tongue with a very narrow median band of minute teeth. Checks 

 with very fine radiating strife ; opercles smooth. Gill-rakcrs fine 

 and closely set, shorter than the eye. Eye shorter than the snout ; 

 one-fourth 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 thirteen abdominal scutes behind the base of the ventral 

 fin. A dark streak along each dorsal series of scales ; tip of each 

 caudal lobe deep black (this disappears occasionally in preserved ex- 

 amples). 



Ceram and Aniboyna. 



a. Type of the species. Ceram. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 

 b-d. Fine specimens. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



This fish does not appear to be distinct from Cliipea tembanrj. 



20. Clupea moluccensis. 



Harengula moluccensis, Bleek. Nat. Tt/dschr. Ned. Lid. iv. p. GOO. 

 kunzei, Meek. I. c. xii. p. 209. 



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



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

 little more than one-fourth of the total (without caudal) ; head 

 longer than deep. Scales regularly arranged, rather firm, deciduous, 

 Avith the margin shghtly and irregularly crenulated. Abdominal 

 profile not more convex than the dorsal. Lower jaw projecting 

 beyond the upper j snout short, maxillary extending nearly to below 

 the middle of the orbit. A narrow strip of teeth on the palatine and 

 pterygoid bones ; none on the vomer ; tongue with a median band of 

 minute teeth. Cheeks and operculum with very fine radiating striae. 

 Gill-rakers fine and closely set, shorter than the eye ; there are 

 about thirty-eight on the lower branch of the outer branchial arch. 

 Eye as long as the snout, tsvo- sevenths of the length of the head. 

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

 V hich is not much nearer to the end of the snout than to the root of 

 the caudal fin. There are thirteen abdominal scutes behind the base 

 of the ventral fin. Coloration uniform. 



Molucca Sea ; Ceylon . 



a. Type of the species. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



b. Type of R. hunzei. Tornate. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



c. Adult. Ceylon. Presented by Sir J. E. Tenneut. 



21. Clupea fimbriata. 



Spvatella finibriata, Cuv. c*)- V(d. xx. p. -jjO, pi. GOO; Bai/, Fi^h. Malah. 



p. 2.33. 

 Kowala lauta, Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 270. 



D. 18-19. A. lG-19. L. lat. 43. L. transv. 12. 

 The length of the head is contained four times in the total (with- 

 out caudal), the height of the body thrice and a fourth. Scales rcgu- 



