40 
Its origin below last rays of dorsal. The pectorals reach the 
ventrals. Caudal deeply incised. Seventeen gillrakers, shorter 
than the eye. About 27 abdominal scutes, beginning at the 
throat, 10—11 of which are postventral. Silvery, back dark, 
fins hyaline. Length 200 mm. [Not seen by us]. 
Habitat: Pinang. — Rangoon; both sides of India; Sind. 
In sea and estuaries. 
8. Engraulis setirostris (Brouss.), 
Clupea setirostris Broussonet, Ichthyol. Dec. [en 7o2s 
Engraulis setirostris Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons XXI. 1848, p. 69. 
Thryssa macrognathus Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen, XXII. 1849. Bijdr. Ichth. Ma- 
dura, p. 14. 
Stolephorus setirostris Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk, Il. 1865, p- 291. 
Engraulis setirostris Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII, 1868, p. 397. 
Engraulis setirostris Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. 1866—1872, p. 134. 
Engraulis setirostris Day, Fishes of India 4°. 1878—1888, p. 626. 
Anchovia setirostris Jordan & Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fish. XXVI, 1908, p. 237. 
Engraulis setirostris Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, Heft VIII. 1909, p. 379. 
Fig. 18. Zngraulis setirostris (Brouss.). 
Bro SDs 1 A= 16. eae 34—38; P. 12—14; V. 6; 
Tle 40-44 1s tr. 10—1 1, 
Elongate, compressed, dorsal and ventral profile about equal. 
Fronto-rostral profile convex. Height 3*/, to more than 4, head 
Als 5 In) CY 34 4 Suout bluntly rounded, hardly projec- 
ting, */, of eye. Maxillary strongly dilated at the mandibu- 
lary joint, produced in a long filament, surpassing ventrals 
and often reaching anal. Dorsal much nearer to caudal than 
to snout. Its origin far behind origin of ventrals, about in the 
middle between both. Its height about twice its length, as 
long as head without snout. Anal about 3 in length. Its 
origin below last dorsal ray. Ventrals more than twice the 
