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B. 6; D. 18—19; A. 20—21; P. 14—15; V. 8; L. 1. 40—41; 
L. tr. 13—1I4. 
Height 2'/,—3, head 3—3'/,, eye 3'/,—4, 1°/,—2 times in 
postorbital part of head, equal to snout. The maxillary reaches 
below the middle of the eye in young specimens, below the 
hindborder in adult ones. Seven to to diverging postfrontal 
striae. Praeoperculum obtusely rounded behind. Operculum 
nearly double as high as broad; lower margin of suboper- 
culum rounded and slightly tapering behind. Origin of dorsal 
about 1'/, diameter of eye nearer to point of snout than to 
caudal, about as long as postocular part of head; highest ray 
of dorsal equal to postocular part of head. Height of anal 
equals about diameter of eye, its base about as long as that 
of dorsal. Pectorals about °/, of head. Ventrals about oppo- 
site to middle of dorsal. Caudal with longer inferior lobe, 
equalling the head. Scales longitudinally striated and crenu- 
lated; 15 praeventral and 12—13 postventral keeled abdominal 
scutes. Gillrakers about 88, closely set, longest 1'/, of diameter 
of eye, very slender, pinnate on both sides. Colours in spirits 
silvery with darkish grey back. Fins hyaline, dorsal black 
tipped, caudal with blackish margin. Generally with a black 
shoulderpatch, when young followed by 3 or 4 similar patches 
in a row. Length 210 mm. 
Note: When young, the eye is relatively larger, and so 
the maxillary reaches only to the middle of the eye and goes 
only 1°/, in the postocular part of the head. Bleeker described 
this stage as a distinct species (A. malayana). [See M. Weber 
and L. F. de Beaufort. Verhand. Akad. Amsterdam XVII. 
INO 53h LOZ ap A rZl: ‘ 
‘Nomen indig.: Mata belo, (Mal.). 
Habitat: Java (Batavia!, Bantam, Cheribon, Surabaya, 
Passaruan); Madura; Sumatra (Padang). — British India; 
Ceylon; Aden and Zanzibar. 
In sea. 
3. Subgenus Harengula. 
Sy flopsis. of the ls pecies:. 
| ae Bs Pe Ve RRC Oe OV Aisa 5 dia oe tosh cao 9 5 C. (Z1.) dispilonotus p. 69. 
Il. L. 1. go—45. 
A. Height less than 3. 
a. Scales perforated by small holes, their bor- 
der crenulated. Eye 3'/3. 
