45(» CLUPEID.E. 



a, b-c, d-f. Adult and half-grown. Zanzibar. From Lieut. -Col. 

 Playfair's Collection. 



59. Clupea lile. 

 Meletta lile, Cnv. 8f Val. xx. p. 378. 



B. 5. D. 14. A. 17. L. lat. 40. 

 Upper profile nearly straight, the lower very convex. The height 

 of the body is contained thrice and two-thirds in* the total length 

 (with the caudal), the length of the head five times and one-half. 

 Lower jaw but slightly projecting beyond the upper. No teeth on 

 the palate ; tongue with a band of minute teeth. Ventral fin inserted 

 below the anterior dorsal rays. Scales /-dherent. A silvery band 

 along the side. ( Val.) 

 Coast of Malabar. 



CO. Clupea kowal. 



Kowal, Russell, pi. 186. 



Clupea kowal, Rilppell, Neue Wirbeltli. Fische, p. 79. 

 ? Kowala thoracata, Cui\ i)- Val. xx. p. 363. 

 Kowala thoracata, Catit. Mai. Fish. p. 209. 



Clupalosa bulan, Bleek. VerJt. Bat. Gen. xxii. Madura,^. 12, and xxiv. 

 Harim/, p. 30. 



D. 17-18. A. 19-20. L. lat. 46. L. transv. 11. 



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

 out caudal), the height of the body thrice and a half. Scales regu- 

 larly arranged, thin, deciduous, each crossed by several vertiad lines. 

 Lower jaw prominent, the maxillary extending beyond the front 

 margin of the orbit. Teeth none on the palate, a few rudimentary 

 teeth along the median ridge of the tongue. Cheeks with venules ;• 

 opercles smooth. Gill-rakers fine and closely set, shorter than the 

 eye. Eye as long as the snout (which is of moderate extent), con- 

 tained thrice and one-third in the length of the head. Ventral fin 

 inserted below the middle of the dorsal fin, the base of which is 

 midway between the end of the snout and the root of the caudal 

 fin. There are fifteen rather prominent abdominal scutes behind 

 the base of the ventral fin. Silvery, back with some darker longitu- 

 dinal streaks. 



Red Sea ; Indian Ocean ; China. 



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



b. Adult : skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



€. Type of Chipalosa bulan, Blkr,, in bad state. Madura. From 



Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 

 d. Fine specimen. Amoy. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 



Dr. Bleeker's description of Clupalosa bidan is incorrect with re- 

 gard to the number of scales, size of the eye, &c. 



