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caudal than to snout. Its origin about midway between snout 
and caudal, situated far behind base of ventrals. Its height 
nearly double as long as its length, equalling head without 
snout. Anal about 3 times in length. Its origin below or a 
little behind end of dorsal. Ventrals equalling 1'/, diameter 
of eye, their origin about midway between anal and prae- 
operculum. Pectorals about as long as head without snout, 
reaching ventrals. Caudal deeply incised, its acute lobes 
3'/,—4 in length. Small teeth on jaws, vomer, palatines, pte- 
rygoids and tongue. Gillrakers 13, stout, flattened, distinctly 
spinulated at the innerside, '/, longer than branchial filaments, 
3], of eye. Scales with vertical lines, which anastomose on 
the hindpart, where they run parallel in a longitudinal direc- 
tion to the hindborder. 26 abdominal scutes beginning at 
throat, with a not very prominent keel ending in a spine, - 
1o—11 of which behind ventrals. Silvery, back dark. Scapu- 
lary region with black venules. Lower part of head powdered 
with black. Fins hyaline, caudal with a darker margin. Length: 
over 200 mm. 
Habitat: Java (Batavia, Bantam); Sumatra (Priaman, Pa- 
lembang, Bagan api api!); Singapore; Bintang (Riouw); Banka; 
Borneo (Sinkawang, Sungiduri, Sarawak); Celebes (Macassar, 
Badjoa); Batjan; Ceram (Wahai). — Australia; Philippines; 
Formosa; China; Siam; Burma to Sind. 
In sea and estuaries. 
6. Engraulis mystax (Bl. Schn.). 
Clupea mystax Bloch, Schneider, Systema Ichthyol. 1801, p. 426. 
Thryssa porava Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. XXII. 1849. Bijdr. Ichth. Madura, p. 14. 
Engraulis mystacoides Bleeker, Verh, Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852. Haringacht. p. 42. 
Engraulis hamiltoni Kner, ¥Yische Novara Exp. 1865—1867, p. 334. 
Engraulis mystacoides Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 396. 
Engraulis mystax Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. 1866—1872, p. 132. 
Engraulis mystax Day, Fishes of India 4°. 1878—1888, p. 625. 
Trichosoma porava Rutter, Proc. Acad, Nat. Sc. Philadelphia 1897, p. 65. 
B. 12—14; D. I. 14—15; A. Nag ® Pot2135 hee 
Peardtaboutedis) emir a2: 
Oblong, compressed, ventral profile more convex than dor- 
sal, which is nearly straight. Height 3°/,—4, head about 4, 
eye 3°/,—4. Snout rounded, very little prominent, about 3/, 
of eye. Maxillary dilated above the mandibulary joint, tape- 
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