466 CLUPEIDiE. 



13. DUSSUMIERIA. 



Diissumieria, Cuv. Sf Val. xx. p. 4G7. 



Body rather elongate, more or less compressed ; abdomen not com- 

 pressed or serrated. Scales of moderate size, very deciduous ; late- 

 ral line none. Snout pointed ; jaws and mouth formed as in Clupea. 

 Jaws with small, but fixed, non-deciduous teeth; patches of villiform 

 teeth on the palatine and pterygoid bones and on the tongue. Dor- 

 sal fin oj^posite to the ventrals ; anal fin of moderate length. GiU- 

 membranes entirely separate, with numerous very fine branchioste- 

 gals ; pseudobranchisQ well developed. Pyloric appendages nume- 

 rous. 



East Indies. 



1. Dussumieria acuta. 



Otty. Sf Val. XX. p. 467, pi. COO; Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 286; Day, Fish, 

 Malah. p. 226. 



B. 15. D. 18-20. A. 15-16. L. lat. ca 42. 



Scales very deciduous. The height of the body is contained from 

 thrice and three-fourths to four times and one -fourth in the total 

 length (without caudal), the length of the head thrico and three- 

 fourths or thrice and four-fifths. Snout pointed, longer than the 

 orbit ; lower jaw scarcely projecting beyond the upper ; the maxil- 

 lary is narrow and does not extend to the vertical from the front 

 margin of the orbit. Origin of the dorsal fin midway between the 

 root of the caudal and the anterior margin of the orbit. Ventral 

 fills below the posterior half of the dorsal. Back dark-coloured, 

 sides and belly silvery, tlic two colours being sharply defined. 



East Indies. 

 a. Fine specimen, 6| inches long. Sarawak. Presented by the 



Marquis Doria. 

 h. Adult, 5 inches long. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection, 

 c. Adult, skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



2. Dussumieria elopsoides. 



Dussumipria elopsoides, Blech. Vcrh. Bat. Gen. xxii. Madnra, p. 12 ; 

 xxi\-. Chiroc. p. 12; or Kat. Ti/d.schr. AW. Tnd. i. p. 421. 



lifisseltii, Blcek. Vcrh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Chiruc. p. 13 ; or Nat. 



Tydschr. Ned. Ind. i. p. 422. 



B. 15-19. D. 18-20. A. 15-16. L. lat. 52. 

 Scales very deciduous. The height of the body is one-fifth of the 

 total length (Avithout caudal), the length of the head one-fourth. 

 Snout pointed, longer than the orbit ; lower jaw scarcely projecting 

 beyond the upper ; the maxillary is narrow and does not extend to 

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

 fin midway between the root of the caudal and the anterior or poste- 

 rior margin of the orbit. Ventral fins below the posterior half of 

 the dorsal. Back dark-coloured ; sides and belly silvery, the two 

 colours being sharply defined. 

 Indian and Chinese seas. 



