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Oblong, compressed, dorsal and ventral profile nearly evenly 
convex. Height 3?/,—4, head 3°/,—4. Rostro-frontal profile 
convex. Eye 4—4*/;, as long as or longer than snout, which 
is very prominent, about 2'/, times in postorbital part of 
head. Maxillary obliquely rounded behind, reaching a little 
farther than the mandibulary joint. Upper surface of head 
with a median keel and with striae and rows of tubercles, 
Origin of dorsal, which is behind the origin of ventrals, nearer 
to snout than to caudal. Height of acute dorsal equalling 
twice its length, much longer than postorbital part of the 
head. Upper border of dorsal not emarginate. Origin of anal 
behind dorsal, its length 3'/, to about 4 in length of body. Ven- 
trals about midway between anal and praeoperculum, about 
half the length of the head. Pectorals about as long as the 
postorbital part of the head, reaching to the ventrals or nearly 
so far. Jaws with a row of crowded conspicuous teeth. Small 
teeth on palatines, pterygoids and tongue, a few stronger on 
the vomer. 20—22 gillrakers, a little flattened, finely spinu- 
lated, double as long as branchial filaments, a little shorter 
than eye. Scales thin, not readily deciduous, with vertical lines, 
and a narrow network of lines in the posterior half. Hind- 
border irregularly indentated. About 15 abdominal scutes be- 
tween pectorals and anus, feebly keeled and pointed behind, 
generally also a single keeled scute just behind isthmus. Silvery, 
back dark, generally with a dark patch on the shoulder. Fins 
hyaline, caudal margined with darker. Length nearly 140 mm. 
Nomen indig.: Teri (Mal. Batavia); Tjangkok (Sundan.). 
Kendui (Madura); Lungrah (Saparua)' Puri merah (Ambon); 
Merah, Ligoh (Batjan); Lompeh (Menado). 
Habitat: Java (Batavia, Bantam, Tjiringin, Djongkulon, 
Surabaya, Prigi); Sumatra (Benkulen, Trussan, Priaman, Padang); 
Nias!; Madura; Bali; Lombok!; Celebes (Bonthain, Bulucomba, 
Menado, Tanawanko); Timor; Ternate; Batjan; Ambon; Sapa- 
rua; Ceram; Banda; Aru-islands!; Misol; New Guinea. — 
Philippines, Guam, Andamans, British India, Red Sea, coast 
of Zanzibar, Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar. 
In sea. 
2. Engraulis scratchleyi Ramsay & Ogilby. 
Engraulis scratchleyi, Ramsay & Douglas Ogilby, Proc. Linn, Soc. N. S. Wales 
Sela 2a OS OMe panos 
Anchovia scratchleyi Jordan:-& Seale, Bull. Bur. Fish. XXV. 1906, p. 188. 
Engraulis scratchleyi M. Weber, Nova Guinea IX. 1913. 
