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culum, less than half length of head. Pectorals as long as or 
a little longer than postorbital part of head, reaching to base 
of ventrals. Teeth on jaws, vomer, palatines, pterygoids and | 
tongue. Twenty seven spinulous gillrakers, as long as the 
eye. Scales thin, not readily deciduous, with anastomosing lines 
forming a fine network on the hinder part of the scales. 
Twenty three abdominal scutes, which extend to before pec- 
torals, 8 of which are postventral. Silvery, darker above. 
Generally a blackish spot across the nape, reaching downwards 
to the scapula. Fins hyaline, dorsal and caudal generally blackish 
along their margin. Length to 112 mm. (A specimen of Blee- 
ker’s collection seen by us). 
Habitat: Java (Batavia, Surabaya); Madura; Bali; Banka; 
Sumatra (Benkulen); Singapore; Borneo (Sampit, Sinkawang, 
Sarawak); Celebes (Menado, Badjoa). — Philippines, Cebu 
(A. B. Meyer); Pongoor, Malacca (Peters);° China (Sauvage) ; 
Bay of Bengal and Ceylon. 
In sea and estuaries. 
4. Engraulis malabaricus C. V. 
Engraulis malabaricus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons, XXI, 1848, p. 63. 
Engraulis malabaricus Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII, 1868, p. 395. 
Engraulis malabaricus A. B, Meyer, Ann.Soc. Esp. de Hist. Nat. t. XIV, 1885, p. 42. 
Engraulis malabaricus Day, Fishes of India. 4°. 1878—1888, p. 625. 
Be Tsar (—); P. a4; V7; A. Ao 
( ); C. 20; L. 1. 39—40; L. tr. 11—12. 
38—40 
“Length of head 5, of caudal 5'/,, height of body 3%|, in the 
total length. Zyes — subcutaneous, diameter 4'/, in the length 
of head, */, of a diameter from end of snout, and 1'/, apart. 
Snout slightly in advance of the lower jaw. Maxilla dilated 
above the mandibular joint, it extends posteriorly to the gill- 
opening. Zeeth — fine ones in the jaws and on the palate. Fins 
— dorsal commences rather nearer to the snout than to the 
base of the caudal fin. Anal commences behind the vertical 
from the last dorsal ray. Pectoral reaches the base of the 
ventral. Scales — regularly arranged: 17 scutes before and 9 or 
10 behind the base of the ventral fin. Gillrakers about '!/, the 
length of the eye, from 21 to 25 on the horizontal branch 
of the outer branchial arch. Pseudobranchiae rudimentary. 
