12, SPRATELLOIDES. 4G5 



of the eye is contained thrice and one-third in the length of the 

 head, and is nearly equal to that of the snout. Jaws even in front ; 

 maxillaiy extending beyond the front margin of the orbit. Origin 

 of the dorsal fin midway between the end of the snout and the root of 

 the caudal (according to the figure nearer to the former !). Ventral 

 fins inserted below the posterior half of the dorsal. Scales regularly 

 arranged, firm, slightly striated. (^A^ St.) 

 Valparaiso. 



3. Spratelloides gracilis. 



Clupea gracilis, Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 2-38, pi. 108. fig. 2. 



argyi-otsenia, Bleek. Journ. Ind. Arch. 1849, p. 72. 



Spratelloides argyro taenia, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Haring,-^. 29 j 

 or Nat. Tydsch-. Ned. Ind. iii. p. 775. 



D. 11. A. 13. 



The height of the body is one-seventh of the total length (with- 

 out caudal), the length of the head two-ninths. Snout pointed, 

 much longer than the orbit, with the lower jaw scarcely projecting 

 beyond the upper. Maxillary of moderate width, extending to the 

 vertical from the front margin of the orbit. Origin of the dorsal 

 fin nearer to the end of the snout than to the root of the caudal ; 

 ventrals inserted below the last dorsal rays. Body with a well-de- 

 fined silvery band. 



Japan; Celebes; Ternate. 



a-c. Three and a half inches long. Japan. 



d. Type of Clupea argyrotcenia. East-Indian archipelago. From 

 Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



The following species belongs, perhaps, to a distinct genus ; but 

 our specimens are in too bad a condition to decide upon their natu- 

 ral affinities : — 



Clupea lamprotgenia, Gosse, Nat. SoJ. Jam. p. 291, pi. 1. fig. 2. 

 D. 14. A. 15. 



The height of the body is one-sixth of the total length (without 

 caudal), the length of the head rather more than one-fourth. Snout 

 conical, as long as the eye, with the jaws even in front. Maxillary 

 rather narrow, extending to below the front margin of the eye. 

 Abdomen apparently slightly compressed. Some minute teeth in 

 the jaws, along the vomer, and on the palatine bones. Gill-mem- 

 branes entirely separate. Origin of the dorsal fin midway between 

 the end of the snout and the root of the caudal fin. Ventrals inserted 

 below the posterior half of the dorsal fin. Sides with a weU-defined 

 silvery band. 



Jamaica. 



a-h. Typical specimens, 2| inches long. From Mr. Gosse's Collection. 



voT. vir. 2 n 



