448 CLurEiDiE. 



54. Clupea macrura. 



Alausa macnirus, (Ktthl ^- v. IZass.) Bleck. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 

 Having, p. 31 ; aud Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind, iv. p. 501. 



B. 6. D. 17-18. A. 19. L. lat. 44. L. transv. 14. 



Scales regularly arranged, with tlie margin scarcely striated. The 

 height of the body is one-third of the total length (without caudal), 

 the length of the head tivo-ninths. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 

 Suborbitals and opercles with numerous venules. Lower jaw not 

 projecting beyond the upper ; maxillary rather narrow, reaching 

 somewhat beyond the vertical from the front margin of the orbit. 

 Teeth none. Yentral fins opposite to the middle of the dorsal, the 

 origin of which is much nearer to the end of the snout than to the 

 root of the caudal. Caudal Jin very long, much longer than the 

 head, covered with small scales. Suboperculum rounded behind. 

 There are twelve abdominal scutes behind the ventral fins. Lower 

 branch of the outer branchial arch nearly straight, with numerous, 

 fine gill-rakers, the longest of ivhich are considerubhj shorter than the 

 eye. 



Java; Sumatra; Singapore. 



a. Adult : typo of the species. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



55. Clupea platygaster. 



? Alausa brevis, Bleck. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Haring, p. 35. 

 Alausa brachysoma, Bleck. Nat. Tydschr. Nederl. Ind. v, p. 5'27 {not 

 Sardinella brachysoma). 



B. 6. D. 17. A. 21. L. lat. 42. L. transv. 15. 



Scales regularly arranged, nearly smooth. The height of the body 

 is contained twice and one-third in the total length (without caudal), 

 the length of the head thrice and one-half. Caudal peduncle as 

 long as deep. The length of the smooth operculum is a little less 

 than one-half of its depth. Lower jaw slightly projecting beyond 

 the upper ; maxillary reaching to below the middle of the orbit. 

 Teeth- none. Ventral fins opposite to the middle of the dorsal, the 

 origin of which is much nearer to the end of the snout than to the 

 root of the caudal. Caudal fin nearly as long as the head, thinly 

 covered with small scales. Subopcrcuhmi rounded behind. There 

 are twelve abdominal scutes behind the ventral fins. Lower branch 

 of the outer branchial arch nearly straight, with numerous, fine 

 gill-rakers, which are longer than the eye. A blackish spot on the 

 shoulder. 



Sumatra. 



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



5G. Clupea scombrina. 

 The Oil-sardine. 

 Meer-blej'or, Nicidioff, Ind. ii. p. 2()8. fig. 5, copied by Willughhy, 



Ichtlnjol. A]>pr)ifl.\\ 2, tab. 1. fig. 2 (ba'd). 

 P Sardinella iicohowii, Ciiv. >S- Val. xx. p. 274. 



