MeV DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW 
SPECIES OF FRESHWATER FISHES 
ER OMecNORt Hy EN DITA. 
By B. lL. CHaupuuri, B.A., B.Sc. (Edin.), ERS se 
Assistant Superintendent, Indian Museum. 
(Plates xxxvili—xl1). 
Sub-Order MALACOPTERYGII. 
Fam. CLUPEIDAE. 
Clupea suhia, sp. nov. 
(Ph xxxviit; ie. 1.) 
Body strongly compressed, its depth contained 3 times and 
length of head 3} times in the length. Height of head 15 times 
in the length of head. Diameter of eye 3; times in length of head, 
8 in the snout and less than one in the inter-orbital distance. 
Eyes with broad adipose lids. Dorsal 13; there are 26 scales in 
front of the dorsal fin which is almost directly above the 
ventral; anterior root of dorsal equidistant from end of snout 
and base of caudal. Pectoral 13; has two appendants and is 
shorter than the distance between pectoral and ventral by one 
scale. Anal 22; the caudal is deeply divided, length of its middle 
rays is less than 8 of the diameter of eye. Scales 80 in longitu- 
dinal series and 26 in transverse series. The serrated ventral 
outline has 28 scutes of which 18 are in front and g behind the 
ventral fin. The height of the caudal peduncle is contained I; 
times in its length. 
Colour.—The species is strikingly blotched, a feature which at 
once distinguishes it from other freshwater Clupea; the back is in- 
tensly black, the sides are silvery and on the upper part, running 
from the upper corner of the gill cleft to the root of the caudal, 
there is a longitudinal series of large black blotches. In Clupea 
ilisha, only in immature specimens, somewhat similar markings, 
but quite indistinct in appearance, are noticed; but in Clupea 
chapra, which the new species resembles more than any other, 
only one black spot is found above the opercle. The blotches give 
the new species a superficial resemblance to Clupea variagata, 
which is very different from this fish. The edges of the fins are 
grey. 
One specimen from the river Gandak in Saran, Bihar, collected 
by Mr. Mackenzie of Siripur. Length155mm. Local name Suhia. 
