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7—7'], in length, its origin at some distance behind end of 
dorsal. Ventrals a little longer than eye; their origin midway 
between anal and the root of the pectorals. Pectorals about 
as long as postocular part of head, very far from ventrals. 
Caudal deeply incised, about 5 in length. Twenty five slender 
flattened gillrakers with a double series of spines along the 
innerside, about twice as long as branchial filaments, a little 
shorter than eye. Scales very deciduous, 5 abdominal spiny 
scutes between pectorals and ventrals. Yellowish with a sil- 
very lateral band. Length over 100 mm. 
Habitat: Java (Batavia); Sumatra (Padang); Bali; Celebes 
(Macassar); Lombok!; Sumbawa; Ambon; Nusa ae 
In sea. 
3. Stolephorus commersonii Lac. 
Stolephorus commersonnii Lacépede, Hist. Nat. Poiss. V. 1803, p. 382. 
Engraulis Brownii Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons XXI. 1848, 
p- 41 (ex parte). 
Engraulis Brownii Kner, Novara Exp. Fische, 1865—1867, p. 332. 
Engraulis commersonianus Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 388. 
Stolephorus commersonianus Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. 1866—1872, p. 128. 
Engraulis Commersonianus Day, Fishes of India 4°. 1878—1888, p. 629. 
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Fig. 19. Stolephorus commersonti Lac. 
Be ti—13- DD. 15—-16; A. 20—21: P. 14--15; V. 7; L.. I. 
38—40; L. tr. 8—o. 
Elongate. Height 4'/,—4*/,, head about 4, eye 3—3?/,. 
Snout bluntly rounded, very prominent, */, of eye. Maxillary 
moderately broadened at the mandibular joint and continued 
to the gillopening, where its extremity is pointed. Dorsal 
midway between point of snout and end of caudal, its origin 
nearer to base of caudal than to snout, far behind origin of 
ventrals. Anal 5—5'/, in length, nearly as long as head 
without snout, its origin below the beginning of posterior 
third of dorsal. Ventrals longer than eye, their origin about 
