458 CLUPEID^. 



The diameter of the eye is two-sevenths of the length of the head ; 

 profile of the nape rather concave. The posterior halves of the 

 ridges on the upper surface of the head run parallel to each other. 

 Origin of the dorsal fin somewhat nearer to the root of the caudal 

 than to the end of the snout. The posterior third of the dorsal fin 

 is above the anterior anal rays. Length of the base of the anal fin 

 contained four times and three -fourths in the total length (without 

 caudal). Ventral fins much shorter than the eye. 



Western Borneo. 

 a. One of the typical specimens, not in good state. From Dr. 



Blocker's Collection. 

 h-c. Half-grown and young. East Indies. Presented by G. R. 



Waterhouse, Esq. 



10. Pellona macrogaster. 

 Ilisha macrogaster, JBleek. Ned. Tydschr. Dierk. iii. 1866, p. 300. 

 D. 16. A. 47. L. lat. 50. 

 The height of the body is contained twice and four-fifths in the 

 total length (without caudal), the length of the head thrice and 

 three-fourths ; abdominal profile very convex, much more so than 

 the dorsal ; profile of the nape nearly straight. The diameter of the 

 eye is more than one-third of the length of the head. The posterior 

 thirds of the ridges on the upper surface of the head run parallel tq 

 each other. The posterior half of the dorsal fin is above the anterior 

 anal rays ; its origin is a little nearer to the root of the caudal than 

 to the end of the snout. Length of the base of the anal fin two- 

 fifths of the total (without caudal). Ventral fins exceedingly short. 

 Borneo. 



a. Type of the species, 5| inches long. Sambas. From Dr. Bleeker's 

 Collection. 



11. Pellona novacnla. 



? Pellona novacula, Cuv. 8f Vol. xx. p. 319. 



Ilisha novacula, Bleek. Ned. Tydschr. Dierk. iii. 1806, p. 302. 



D. 17. A. 42. L. lat. 45. 



The height of the body is contained thrice and a half in the total 

 length (without caudal), the length of the head thrice and two- 

 thirds ; abdominal profile not very convex, not more so than the 

 dorsal; profile of the nape concave. The diameter of the eye is 

 two-ninths of the length of the head. The posterior halves of the 

 ridges on the upper surface of the head slightly divergent. The 

 posterior third of the dorsal fin is above the anterior anal rays ; its 

 origin is nearer to the root of the caudal than to the end of the 

 snout. Length of the base of the anal fin somewhat less than one- 

 third of the total (without caudal). Ventral fins exceedingly short. 



Java ; ? Rangoon. 



a. Adult. Batavia. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



