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Clupea (Alausa) melanura von Martens, Exp. Ost-Asien, Zool. Bd. 1. 1876, p. 405. 
Harengula melanura Sauvage, Poissons Madagascar, 1891, p. 492. 
Harengula vanicoris Jordan & Seale, Bull. Bur. Fish. XXV. 1906, p. 187. 
B6; De 15—16; A. 18—19; P. 13—15; V. 8; L.L 40; 
Petr. 10—1T- 
Oblong, dorsally and ventrally evenly convex or the dorsal 
profile somewhat more convex. Height 3—3*/,, head 3?/,—4"/,, 
eye 3—3'/,, somewhat longer than snout, distinctly shorter 
than postorbital part of head. Maxillary reaches under pupil, 
but not so far as middle of eye, 2'/,—2'/, times in length of 
head; 3—7 diverging postfrontal striae. Operculum twice as 
high as broad, suboperculum rhombic, lower posterior angle 
rounded, hindmargin of praeoperculum scarcely emarginated. 
Dorsal nearer to caudal than to snout. The distance of its 
origin to the caudal is 1'/, times its distance from the snout. 
Length of dorsal less than its height, which is contained 1*/, 
times in the height of the body. Anal as long as dorsal. 
Pectorals nearly as long as head without snout. Ventrals 
below second '/, of dorsal. Caudal 5'/,—5?/, in the total length. 
Teeth almost absent, some scarcely visible on the symphysis 
of the lower jaw; when young teeth on the tongue. Gillra- 
kers about 38. Scales rounded, with vertical stripes, their 
margin partly irregularly crenulated; 16 praeventral and 11 
postventral abdominal scutes. Brownish above, silvery along 
the sides and on the under surface. Fins hyaline, caudal tipped 
with black. Length more than 140 mm. 
Nomen indig.: Tandipa (Menado). 
Habitat: Java (Palabuan); Sumatra (Benculen); Nias; Bali; 
Celebes (Menado); Salibabu Island!; Ternate; Ambon; Saparua; 
Ceram (Wahai); Waigeu; New Guinea.— Philippines; Vanicoro; 
Siam; Andamans; British India; Madagascar. 
In sea. 
5. Clupea (Harengula) bulan (Blkr.). 
Clupalosa bulan Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. XXII. 1849, Bijdr. Ichth. Mad. p. 12. 
Clupea (Harengula) bulan Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. 1872, p. I11. 
bas, Oe i7—io, A. 19; 'P) 15; V..8; L: 1. about 40. L. tr. 
i) 3. 
Oblong, compressed, ventral profile more convex than the 
dorsal. Height 3, head about 4, eye 3. Snout a little shorter than 
eye. Maxillary reaches not quite below middle of eye, 2'/,—2"'/, 
