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lines. They cover dorsal, anal and caudal. Large axillary 
scales at pectorals and ventrals.. Abdominal scutes 30—32, 
the 10 postventral and the praepectoral ones being the most 
prominent. Yellowish with silvery hue. Fins hyaline. Length 
to 170 mm. 
Habitat: Java (Batavia!, Surabaya, Pasuruan); Madura; 
Sumatra (Benkulen); Pinang; Singapore; Banka; Borneo 
(Pamangkat, Sinkawang, Sungiduri, Pontianak, Sarawak, Balik 
papan!). — Westward to British India. 
In sea and estuaries. 
2. Lycothrissa (Giinther) Bleeker. 
(Giinther. Cat. Brit. Mus. VII, 1868, p. 399 as subgenus. Bleeker, 
Atl. ichth. VI. 1866—1872, p. 125). 
Elongate, compressed. Scales moderate, thin, deciduous, with 
irregular curved transverse lines. Not very prominent abdo- 
minal scutes only between pectoral and anus. Snout promi- 
nent. Mouth oblique. Head small. Maxillary narrow, exten- 
ding to the mandibular joint, its supplementary bone only 
partially ossified. Origin of dorsal behind origin of anal, which 
is very long. Upper pectoral ray not produced. Small teeth 
on vomer, palatines, pterygoids and tongue, those in the jaws 
caninoid, especially the few of the lower jaw. 
Lycothrissa crocodilus (Blkr.), 
Engraulis crocodilus Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indié, I. 1851, p. 15. 
Engraulis crocodifus Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII, 1868, p. 400. 
Lycothrissa crocodilus Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. 1866—1872, p. 125. 
Fig. 16. Lycothrissa crocodilus Blkr. '/2 n. s. 
Bete; D. 1, 12—13; A. 46—48; P. 1, 13—14; V. 7; L. 1. 
46—5o; L. tr. 1o—1I. 
Elongate, compressed, abdominal profile convex, dorsal 
