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4. Clupeoides borneensis Blkr. 
Clupeoides borneensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indié I. 1851, p. 275. 
Clupeoides borneensis Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 452. 
Clupea (Clupeoides) borneensis Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. livr. 25, 26. 1872, p. IOI. 
B. 6; D. 15—16; A. 16—18; P. 12—13; V.8; L.1. 39—42; 
L. tr. 10—12. 
Subelongate, compressed, dorsal and ventral profile sube- 
qually convex. Height about 4, about 5 with caudal; head 
4—4"'/,, 5—5'/, with C. Eye about 3, longer than snout; 2 
very indistinct postfrontal striae. Maxillary reaches to below 
frontmargin of eye, about 2'/, in head. Origin of dorsal fin 
midway between the end of the snout and the root of the 
caudal. Pectorals not shorter than head without snout. Ventrals 
opposite to dorsal or nearly so. Minute teeth on jaws, vomer, 
palatines and pterygoids. Scales generally smooth. Eighteen 
conspicuous abdominal spines, nine being postventral. Silvery, 
back dark. No silvery band along side. Fins hyaline, caudal 
with a black margin behind. Length to 80 mm. [Not seen by us]. 
Habitat: Borneo (Banjermassin), fresh water. 
5. Clupeoides papuensis (Ramsay & Ogilby). 
Corica papuensis Ramsay & Douglas Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales ser. 
2. I. 1886, p. 19. 
D, 12—145 ‘Al21;)P. rey V8 3 dos Tort Oa vrerint 
Elongate, compressed. Length of head, of caudal fin and 
height of body equal and 5?/,; in the total length. Eye 2°/,, 
double as long as snout. Maxillary reaches fully to the middle 
of the orbit. The origin of the dorsal exactly midway between 
the point of the snout and the base of the tail. Anal com- 
mences far behind the termination of the dorsal. Base of ven- 
trals rather before dorsal. Caudal forked, the lobes equal. 
Twelve praeventral and 7 postventral abdominal serrated scales. 
Silvery, with the occiput and a broad longitudinal band steel 
blue, tip of the upper caudal lobe blackish. Length of the 
specimen described about 91 mm. [Not seen by us}. 
Habitat: Strickland-river, South New Guinea. 
3. Clupea L. 
(LinnE. System. naturae ed. X@ 1758, p. 317. p. p.). 
Oblong, compressed. Scales mostly deciduous, thin, ventral 
scutes with prominent spines or smooth. Origin of ventrals 
