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midway between anal and base of pectorals. Pectorals a little 
longer than postocular part of head, not reaching ventrals. Caudal 
deeply incised, 4—4'/, in length. Nineteen to 20 flattened 
gillrakers, spinulous along the innerside, more than twice as 
long as branchial filaments, about */, of eye. Scales very de- 
ciduous, thin, with faint vertical lines, rounded behind. Seven 
abdominal scutes with prominent spines between pectorals 
and ventrals. Brownish with a silvery lateral band, becoming 
widest posteriorly. Fins hyaline, caudal powdered with dark. 
Length 125 mm. 
Nom. indig.: Teri, Teri nasi, Teri glaga (Mal. Batavia); 
Bilis (Bintang); Gnafti (Batjan); Puti (Menado). 
Habitat: Java (Batavia!, Semarang!, Bantam, Anjer, Djun- 
kulon, Cheribon, Tegal, Surabaya, Pasuruan, Besuki, Banju- 
wangi); Madura; Bali; Sumatra (Benkulen, Padang, Tiku, 
Priaman); Nias!; Singapore; Bintang (Rio); Banka; Borneo 
(Pamangkat, Balikpapan!); Celebes (Macassar, Bonthain, Bad- 
joa, Manado); Kangeang!; Sangir; Salibabu island (Lirung)!; 
Ternate; Batjan; Ambon; Schouten Islands (Mysore). — Phi- 
lippines; westward to British India and seas of Madagascar. 
In sea. 
4. Stolephorus indicus (v. Hass.). 
Engraulis indicus van Hasselt, Algem. Konst- en Letterbode 1823, p. 329. 
Engraulis balinensis Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. XXII. 1849. Bijdr. Ichth. Bali, p. 11. 
Engraulis Brownti Cantor, Journ, Asiat.Soc. Bengal XVIII. 1850, p. 1285 (nec Gm.) 
Engraulis Russelli Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852. Haringacht. p. 38. 
Engraulis Russedii Ginther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 390. 
Stolephorus indicus Bleeker, Atl, Ichth, VI. 1866—1872, p. 127. 
Engraulis indicus Day, Fishes of India 4°. 1878—1888, p. 629. 
Anchovia indica Jordan & Herre, Proc. U. 5S. Nat. Mus. XXXI. 1906, p. 638. 
Lngraulis indicus Gunther, Fische der Sudsee, Heft VIII. 1909, p. 377. 
B. 11—13; D: 16; A.19—21; P: 14—165> VI7 aie or 
L. tr. 8—o9. 
Elongate. Height 5-—5'/,, head 3%/,—4"/,, eye 37/,—3°/4. 
Snout bluntly rounded, very prominent, more than */, of eye. 
Maxillary broadened above mandibular joint, reaching to 
frontborder of praeoperculum. Dorsal about midway between 
end of snout and end of caudal, its origin much nearer to 
base of caudal than to point of snout, far behind origin of 
ventrals. Anal 5*/,—6 in length, about as long as head without 
snout, its origin below the middle of dorsal. Ventrals a little 
