452 c^vvTJl>M. 



2. Clupeoides borneensis. 



Clupeoides borneensis, Ulcek. Nat. Ti/chchr. Ned. Ind. i. p. 275. 

 D. 15. A. 16. L.lat. 39. L. transv. 12. 

 The hcigbt of the body cqxials tbe length of the head, and is one- 

 fourth of the total (without caudal) ; lower jaw scarcely projecting 

 beyond the upper ; maxillary reaching to below the front margin of 

 the eye. Origin of the dorsal fin midway between the end of the 

 snout and the root of the caudal, and opposite to the base of the 

 ventral. Nine postventral spines. 



Borneo. 

 a. Type of the species, 2| inches long. Bandjerraassing. From 



Dr. Blocker's Collection. 

 h-d. Two inches long. From the Haslar Collection. 



3. Clupeoides pseudopterus. 



Spratella pseudopterus, Blvek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Hariny, p. 50; 

 or Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. iii. p. 432. 



D. 13. A. 14 + ii. L. lat. 37. L. transv. 9. 

 The length of the head is nearly equal -to the height of the body, 

 and one-fourth of the total (without caudal) ; lower jaw slightly 

 projecting beyond the upper ; maxillary reaching somewhat beyond 

 the front margin of the eye. Origin of the dorsal fin a little nearer 

 to the root of the caudal than to the end of the snout, immediately 

 behind the base of the ventrals. The two last anal rays detached 

 from the fin. Six postventral spines. 



Borneo. 

 a. One of the typical specimens, 2 inches long. Pamangkat. From 

 Dr. Blocker's Collection. 

 The fish which served for the figure of Cor'tca guhorni, Gray, Ind. 

 Zool., was, perhaps, similar to CL pseudopterus; it is also repre- 

 sented with separate anal finlets, 



7. PELLONULA. 

 Body oblong, compressed, the abdominal serrature commencing 

 from the pectorals. Scales of moderate size, adherent ; lateral line 

 none. Maxillary articulated behind the intermaxillary. Dentition 

 well developed. A single series of moderate-sized teeth in the 

 intermaxillary, and a patch of similar teeth anteriorly on the pala- 

 tines ; smaller teeth in the lower jaw and on the tongue ; maxillary 

 teeth minute. Anal fin of moderate length, with less than twenty 

 rays ; dorsal fin opposite to ventrals. Gill-membranes separate, 

 with six branchiostegals. PseudobranchisD well developed. 

 West Africa. 



1. Pellonula vorax. 

 B. 6. D. 17. A. 18. L. lat. 43-45. 

 The length of the head is contained thrice and two-thirds or four 



