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Synopsis of the spectes. 
I. Origin of anal before origin of dorsal, 9—12 gillrakers, 
more than 50 scales in L. 1. 
a. Upper pectoral ray not reaching anal, snout promi- 
nent Decl. to Tae e505 Ber data ge) sa 4 eee S. melanochir p. 28. 
6. Upper pectoral ray reaching to middle of anal or 
even farther. Chin prominent. D. I. 17; A. 60—66. S. brevieeps p. 29. 
II. Origin of anal below dorsal. 18 gillrakers. Less than 
50 scales in L. ], Snout prominent. Upper pectoral ray 
produced beyond origin of anal, mostly to its posterior 
halt Doe 8315 \5) (AS BGO) aia tate teres cee eas SO 1A ids SICr 
1. Setipinna melanochir (Blkr.), 
Engraulis melanochir Bleeker,Verh. Bat. Gen. XXII. 1849. Bijdr. Ichth.Madura, p. 13. 
Engraulis melanochir Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 400. 
Setipinna melanochir Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. 1866—72, p. 136. 
Fig. 15. Setipinna melanochir Blkr. 
B. 12135. D. 1, 12143) At 50—53¢ 2. 1, 135 Vee eee 
50—-53 3) Ltr. oi —— 15: 
Oblong, strongly compressed, abdominal profile slightly more 
convex than dorsal, slightly concave along upper profile of 
head. Height 3—3'/,, head 4'/,—5?/;, eye 3'/,—5, '/, longer 
than snout, which projects before mandible. Maxillary dilated, 
concavely truncated behind, extending to the mandibulary 
joint. Origin of dorsal behind origin of anal, nearer to caudal 
than to snout. Anal about as long as its distance from the 
eye. Origin of ventrals about midway between anal and base 
of pectorals. Ventrals about as long as postorbital part of 
