5. CLUPEA. 449 



Sardinella neohowii, Day, Fish. Malah. p. 230. 

 Alosa scombrina, Cuv. i^ Val. xx. p. 442. 

 ? Alosa scombrina, Day, Fish. Malab. p. 236. 



D. 17. A. 15. L. lat. 48. L. transv. 13. 



The height of the body is less than the length^/ the head, which 

 is contained thrice and one-fourth in the total (ivithout caudal). 

 Scales regularly arranged, thin, adherent, with the margin finely 

 serrated. Lower jaw projecting beyond the upper; the maxillary 

 extending beyond the front margin of the orbit. Teeth none on the 

 palate or the tongue. Opercles smooth ; suhoperculum truncated he- 

 hind. Eye of moderate size, shorter than the snout, one-fifth of the 

 length of the head. Ventral fin inserted below the posterior half of 

 the dorsal fin, the base of which is nearer to the root of the caudal 

 fin than to the end of the snout. There are fifteen abdominal scutes 

 behind the ventral fin. Back greenish, sides silvery. 



Eastern coast of the Indian peninsula; Ceylon. 



a. Adult: skin. CocTiin. Purchased. 



57. Clupea melanura. 



Alausa melanura, Cuv. 8f Val. xx. p. 441 ; Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 

 Having, p. 32 ; ? Day, Fish. Malah. p. 235. 



B. 6. D. 15-16. A. 18. L. lat. 35. 



The height of the body is two-ninths of the total length (with 

 the caudal), the length of the head one-fifth ; the diameter of the 

 eye equals the length of the snout, and is two-sevenths of that of 

 the head. Maxillary reaching to below the middle of the eye. Teeth 

 none. Scales smooth. Ventral fins opposite to the anterior part of 

 the dorsal. Extremities of the caudal lobes black. 



Indian ocean and archipelago. 



bb. Teeth on the tongue. 



58. Clupea venenosa. 

 Meletta venenosa, Cuv. ^- Val. xx. p. 377. 



B. 5. D. 16. A. 17. L. lat. 42-44. L. transv. 11. 



The height of the body is equal to the length of the head, which 

 is one-fourth of the total (without caudal). Lower jaw slightly 

 prominent ; the maxillary extending beyond the vertical from the 

 front margin of the eye. No teeth on the palate ; tongue with a 

 very narrow strip of mmute teeth. Operculum smooth ; suhoper- 

 culum short, subtruncated behind. GiU-rakers fine and closely set, 

 shorter than the eye. Gill-cavity not black. Ventral fin inserted 

 below the middle of the base of the dorsal. Origin of the dorsal fin 

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

 are thirteen abdominal scutes behind the base of the ventral fins. 

 Length of the pectoral fin two-thirds of the distance of its root from 

 the ventral fin. Scales nearly smooth, with some vertical striae. 

 Silvery, back bluish. 



Indian Ocean. 



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