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diment known as ‘ikan merah” (red fish), highly esteemed 
by natives as well as by Europeans in the colony. 
SY 20lpsis ot the species: 
lis Te moVeEh EYES <A SPX UN Clicg G oe dG aio-0 God mo OO oO S. delicatulus p. 20. 
IL elbringer Mai Aisa ING Bo 5 Ga 0 SPierictneeren eerie Moles ce Legere S. gracilis p. 20. 
I. Spratelloides delicatulus (Benn.). 
Clupea delicatula Bennett, Proc. Comm. -Zool. Soc, I. 1831, p. 168. 
Clupea macassariensis Bleeker, Journ. Ind. Arch. III. 1849, p. 72. 
Clupeoides macassariensis Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852, Haring. p. 17. 
Spratelloides delicatulus Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 464. 
Spratelloides delicatulus Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. 1866—1872, p. 96. 
Stolephorus delicatulus Jordan & Seale, Bull. Bur. Fish. XXV. 1906, p. 186. 
Spratelloides delicatulus Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, Heft VIII. 1909, p. 383. 
B. 6; D. 113°A. 93 PP. 125. V..83 ols 5s On iernee oe 
Elongate, nearly subcylindrical. Height 4'/,—6, head 4—4"/,, 
eye 3°/,—4, as long as snout. Maxillary reaching to front- 
margin of eye or a little farther. Origin of dorsal nearer to 
snout than to base of caudal. Anal a little longer than eye, 
considerably shorter than ventrals, the origin of which lies 
nearer to the anal than to the root of the pectorals and is in- 
serted below the middle of the dorsal. Pectorals about as long 
as eye and snout. Caudal deeply emarginated, 5—6 in length. 
Covered part of scales with 3 to 5 longitudinal lines. 26 gill- 
rakers, about twice as long as branchial filaments, shorter than 
eye. The dark bluish back well defined from the silvery sides 
and underside. Length 80 mm. 
Nom. indig.: Kasau (Ternate), Gusan (Saparua). 
Habitat: Singapore; Banka; Celebes (Macassar, Menado); 
Saleyer!; Kangeang!; Siau; Karkaralong islands!; Salibabu 
(Lirung!); Obi major!; Ambon; Saparua; between Gisser and 
Ceram laut!; Tiur; Banda; Ternate; Halmahera (Sindangoli) ; 
between Fau and Gebe!. — Philippines; Samoa; Bonham 
islands; Australia; Mauritius. 
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2. Spratelloides gracilis (Schl.) [Fig. 12]. 
Clupea gracilis Schlegel, Fauna Japonica Poiss. 1847, p. 238. 
Clupea argyrotaeniata Bleeker, Journ. Ind. Arch, III. 1849, p. 72. 
Spratelloides argyrotaenia Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen, XXIV. 1852, Haring. p. 29. ~ 
Spratelloides gracilis Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VI. 1868, p. 465. 
Spratelloides gracilis Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI, 1866—1872, p. 96. 
Stolephorus japonicus Jordan & Seale, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXVIII, 1905, p. 770. 
Stolephorus gracilis Evermann & Seale, Bull. Bur. Fish. XXVI. 1906, p. 53. 
