8. CLTJPEICHTHTS. 453 



times in the total (without caudal), the height of the body from 

 thrice and one-sixth to thrice and three-fourths. Snout conical, 

 with the lower jaw prominent, as long as the diameter of the eye, 

 which is contained thrice and one-third in the length of the head. 

 Maxillary narrow, extending beyond the vertical from the front 

 margin of the eye. Origin of the dorsal fin scarcely nearer to the 

 end of the snout than to the I'oot of the caudal, and opposite to the 

 root of the ventrals. Pectoral terminating at some distance from 

 the ventrals. There are ten spinous scutes behind the ventrals. 

 Gill-rakers setiform, rather shorter than the eye. Back reddish- 

 brown, a silvery band runs along the side of the body. 



West Africa, 

 o. Four inches long. West Africa. From Mr, Eraser's Collection. 



b. Two and a half inches long. Kiver Niger. From Mr. Fraser's 



Collection. 



c. Four inches long. Presented by Dr. A. Giinther. 



8. CLUPEICHTHYS. 

 Clupeichthys, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. ix. p. 274. 



Body oblong, compressed, with the abdominal serrature commen- 

 cing from the pectoral fins. Scales deciduous, of moderate size. 

 Lower jaw longer than the upper; structure of the jaws as in Clu- 

 pea. Dentition strong ; a series of canine-like teeth in tne man- 

 dibles ; intermaxillary with several still stronger teeth ; maxillary, 

 palatines, and tongue with smaller curved teeth. Anal fin of mo- 

 derate extent, with less than twenty rays ; dorsal fin opposite to 

 ventrals ; caudal fin forked. Pseudobranchiae well developed ; gill- 

 membranes entirely separate. 



Sumatra. 



1. Clupeichthys goniognathns. 



Bleek. I. c. p. 276. 



B. 6. D. 15. A. 15 -I- ii. L. lat. 40. 



The height of the body is one- fourth Of the total length, and nearly 

 equal to the length of the head ; snout longer than the eye ; cleft of 

 the mouth wide, the maxillary extending to below the middle of the 

 eye. Origin of the dorsal fin in advance of the root of the ventrals, 

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

 caudal. Seven prominent spines behind the ventrals. Body with a 

 silvery longitudinal band. 



Rivers of Sumatra. 



«. Type of the species, 3| inches long. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



