72 
B. 6; D. 18—19; A. 16—18; P. 16—17; Weep Ll) 42-36; 
L.tr. 10O—II. 
Oblong, compressed, abdominal profile scarcely more convex 
than the dorsal. Height 3—3'/,; head 4, a little longer than 
deep; eye about 3, as long as the postorbital part of the 
head; snout a little shorter than eye; maxillary reaches anterior 
margin of pupil, 2'/,—2'/, in length of head. Three to 7 
longitudinal striae on postfrontal part of head. Operculum 
about 2 times as high as broad, its lower straight cut margin 
is oblique; suboperculum rhombic, with rounded inferior pos- 
terior angle. Posterior margin of praeoperculum straight, its 
angle rounded. Cheeks and operculum generally venulous. 
Dorsal a little nearer to caudal than to snout, its base equals 
about its height, which is a little more than half height of 
body. The much lower anal is as long as dorsal. Pectorals 
3/, of head. Ventrals equal to 1'/, of eye and inserted below 
first half of dorsal. Caudal 4'/,—4'/, in length. Fine teeth on 
palatines, pterygoids and tongue. Gillrakers about 35, longest 
half as long as eye. Scales round, with vertical lines, hind- 
margin very feebly crenulated and finely striated, deciduous ; 
about 15 praeventral and 12—13 postventral conspicuous 
abdominal scutes. Colour dark on back, otherwise silvery. 
A dark ocellus behind the middle of base of dorsal, a second 
one behind dorsal, sometimes a dark patch between both. 
Origin of dorsal sometimes dark. Fins hyaline but dorsal and 
caudal often with a dark hue. Length over 80 mm. 
Habitat: Singapore; Banka; Bawean; Borneo (Kota Baru}); 
Kangean!. 
In sea and fresh water. 
2. Clupea (Harengula) brachysoma (Blkr.). 
Sardinella brachysoma Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852. Haringacht., p. 19. 
Harengula hypselosoma Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. VIII. 1855, p. 427. 
Clupea brachysoma Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 423. 
Clupea hypselosoma Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII, 1868, p. 431. 
Clupea (Harengula) hypselosoma Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. 1872, p. 104. 
Clupea (Harengula) brachysoma Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. 1872, p. 104. 
Clupea brachysoma Day, Fishes of India 4°. 1878—1888, p. 635. 
Clupea (Harengula) brachysoma Weber & de Beaufort, Verh. Akad. Amsterdam, 
XV ONG Se aC L2. pamela: 
B. 6; D. 17—20; A. 18—22; P. 14—16; V. 8; L. 1. 44--45; 
L. tr. II—I3. 
