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CLUPEID.^L. 



maxillary rather narrow, extending scarcely beyond anterior border of 

 eye. Gill-rakers long and slender, about 20 on lo\Yer part of anterior 

 Dorsal 13, last ray above first of anal, longest ray f length of 

 Anal 23-25. Pectoral rather more than f length of head, nearly 



Yio. 129. 



arch 

 head 



Microti trinsa roija luvi. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



reaching ventral. Caudal deeply forked, with pointed lobes. Caudal 

 peduncle nearly as long as deep. 38 scales in longitudinal series, 12 in 

 transverse series ; 13 keeled scutes between isthmus and ventrals, 6-7 

 between ventrals and anal. Brownish, with a rather indistinct silvery 

 lateral band. 



'J otal lengih 65 millim. 



Ubanghi. — Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 

 1. One o£ the types. Banzyville. Cajit. Royaux (C). 



5. ILISHA. 



Flatijgasfer (non Latr.), Swains. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 294 (1839). 



llisha. Gray, in Richards. Ichth. China, p. 30G (IblG) ; Bleek. Atl. Ichth. vi. 



p. 116 (1872). 

 Pelloua, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xx. p. 300 (1817) ; Giintb. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 451 

 (1868). 



Mouth moderately large, with minute teeth ; small teeth on the 

 palatines, pterygoids, and tongue ; maxillary formed of 2 or 3 pieces. 

 Branchiostegal rays 6. Body strongly compressed, with an abdominal 

 serrature formed of bony scutes ; scales moderate or small ; no lateral 

 line. Dorsal fin short, behind vertical of ventrals ; anal long, with more 

 than 30 rays. Ventrals very small, with 6 to 8 rays. Vertebrae 46 *. 



Tropical Atlantic and Indian Oceans, some species entering fresh 

 waters. 



* In /. nioi'ms. 



