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maxillaries which do not meet in a symphysis, and by the 
long narrow maxillary which may be produced and which 
has two supplemental bones. Teeth in a single row in the 
jaws, usually small, rarely caninoid. Small teeth on vomer, 
palatines, pterygoids and tongue. Dorsal rather short, above 
or before anal, which is usually long. Gillmembranes more 
or less united, free from isthmus. Seven to 1g branchiostegals. 
Gillrakers long and slender. Pseudobranchiae present. 
Synoapsis.of the Genera. 
I. Caudal forked, not united with the anal. 
A. Scutes at least between pectorals and anal. Silvery hue 
is missing only on back. 
a. Upper pectoral ray produced. A. 50—75 and 2-~2!/5 
inal LEY 5 She Sich !G Wb. cmon OA me Once Gar! ClO. oboMpeter Setipinna p. 27- 
6. No pectoral ray produced. A. 30—50, 3—5 in length. 
I. teeth in jaws partly caninoid. L.1l. 50. Origin 
of 1). -beuiad: origin. Of FAs 5 ets ys-e a 5 es * Lycothrissa p. 31. 
2. teeth in jaws not caninoid. I. l. 35—45. Origin 
Git IDs [XAOS Charter Gli NG Gg eskoug aus Denssece Engraulis p. 32. 
B. Scutes only between pectorals and ventrals. Silvery 
nee: limited. fo-a-lateral band) s74 ts 6 et aes Stolephorus p. 43. 
II, Caudal pointed, united with the very long anal, Tail long 
and tapering. A. 62—-116, 1'/2—2'/, in length. Upper 
Dectoral may se puoducedemma kay iniecis i litre 1s) «ie. 3) ols Coilia p. 4g. 
I. Setipinna Swainson. 
(Nat. Hist. II. 1839, p. 186). 
Oblong to elongate, very compressed. Head small, scales 
moderate, thin, more or less deciduous with fine undulating 
lines which may form a network. Abdominal scutes from the 
throat to the anus. Dorsal with a short pungent spine, its 
origin before or behind origin of anal. Anal very long, with 
50—66 rays. Upper pectoral ray more or less produced. 
Cleft of mouth very oblique, maxillary not reaching much 
farther than mandibular joint. Teeth on jaws, vomer, palatines, 
pterygoids and tongue. Gillrakers widely set, not more than 
18, with spines on the innerside. Radii branchiostegi numerous. 
