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Subelongate, compressed. Height 5'/,, head 6'/,, eye about 5. 
Snout slightly prominent, shorter than eye. Maxillary more 
or less truncated behind, not reaching hindborder of praeoper- 
culum. Dorsal more than twice as near to snout as to base 
of caudal. Anal about 1?/, in length of body. Ventrals inser- 
ted slightly in front of origin of dorsal. The 19 upper rays 
of pectorals produced, far surpassing origin of anal. Abdo- 
minal scutes only between (2—3) and behind (g—10) ventrals. 
Colour yellowish, back, dorsal and anal dusky. Length of 
single specimen known 125 mm. (Not seen by us). 
Habitat: Borneo (Sinkawang). 
In estuaries. 
6. Coilia polyfilis Volz. 
Coilia polyfilis Volz, Zool. Anz. XXVI. 1903, p. 559. 
Coilia polyfilis Volz, Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. XIX. Heft 4, 1903, p. 408. 
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Height and head 5. Eye 5'/,. Maxillary broadens posteri- 
orly, its greatest depth between the penultimate and last 1/,, 
tapering rapidly behind that point. Its end reaches exactly 
to the gillopening. Distance between origin of dorsal and 
snout 4 times in the total length. Eleven rays of pectorals 
free, reaching to first ray of anal. Belly rounded before ven- 
trals, sharp behind; 28 gillrakers, as long as diameter of eye. 
Length of only specimen known 100 mm. (After Volz; not 
seen by us). 
Habitat: Sumatra (Banju asin). 
7. Coilia borneensis Blkr. 
Coilia borneénsis Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indié I]. 1851, p. 60. 
Coilia borneensis Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 403. 
Coilia (Coilia) borneénsis Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. livr. 25, 26. 1872, p. 139. 
? Coilia borneensis Day, Fishes of India 4°. 1878—1888, p. 632. 
? Coilia bormeensis Vinciguerra, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova (2) IX. 1890, p. 352. 
B. 9—10; D. 1+13—14; A. 82—87; P. 18—22; V. 7; 
L. l. 58—6o0; L. tr. 1o—1rI. 
Oblong, compressed. Height more than 4 to 5, head 4?/,—5, 
eye 3'/, to more than 4. Snout prominent, shorter than eye. 
Maxillary produced almost to the gillopening. Dorsal about 
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