ILISIIA. 



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1. ILISHA INDICA. 

 Plati/gaster indicuSj Swains. 1. c. 

 Fellona (lUcJioa, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 313 ; Playf. & aihitli. Fisli. Zanz. p. 122 



(18C6) ; Giiutli, t. c. p. ii'ti'), 

 Ilisha indica, Bleek. op. cit. p. 11<S, ])1. cclix. fifr. 4. 

 FelloNU indlcit. Day, Fish. Iiid. p. (]l-4, pi. clxiv. fig. I (1878). 



Depth of body 2^ to 2|- times in total length, length of head 3f to 4 

 times. Snout short, chin projecting; eye very large, about 2i times in 

 length of head and double interorbital width ; a well-developed adipose 

 eyelid ; maxillary extending to below anterior third of eye. Gill-rakers 

 long and slender, 24-28 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal lG-18, 

 originating at equal distance from end of snout and from root of caudal 

 or a little nearer former. Anal 37-30, originating just behind vertical 



Fig. 130. 







/ lisha indica. 

 After Day (Fish. Ind.). |. 



of last ray of dorsal. Pectoral about f length of head. Caudal dce[)ly 

 forked, witli pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 43-45 

 scales in longitudinal scries, 13-14 in transverse series; 18-19 keeled 

 scutes between isthmus and ventrals, 8-9 between ventrals and anal. 

 Silvery or golden, bluish on the back. 



Total length 150 millim. 



East coast of Africa to Malay Archipelago, entering rivers. 



1-2. Skins. Kingani It. Sir L. Fhiyfair (('.). 



3. Ad. Zanzibar. „ 



y, 2 



