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11. Clupea (Harengula) atricauda Gthr. 
> Clupeonia Commersonii Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons XX. 1847, 
Pp. 350 '). 
Harengula melanurus Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. V. 1853, p. 245, (nec 
Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
Clupea atricauda Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 426. 
Clupea (Harengula) atricauda Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. 1872, p. 106. 
Clupea atricauda Day, Fishes of India 4°. 1878—1888, p. 636. 
? Clupeonia Commersonii Sauvage, Poissons Madagascar 1891, p. 494. (Syn. p. p.). 
Hlarengula commersoni Jordan & Seale, Bull. Bur. Fish. XXV. 1906, p. 186. 
Clupea atricauda Giinther, Fische d. Siidsee VIII. 1909, p. 381. 
B..6; Di a7—18;_ Ax, 15-175 2.1510, Vad), le eaeiges 
45; L.tr. 12—13. 
Oblong, dorsally and ventrally evenly convex. Height about 
4, head about 4, eye 3'/;,—3°/,, shorter than snout. Maxillary 
reaches behind first third of pupil. About 7 diverging post- 
frontal striae. Operculum 2 times as high as broad, suboper- 
culum square, posterior inferior corner rounded, 2 times as 
broad as high. Lower corner of praeoperculum rounded. Venules 
on cheeks, operculum and above and behind it. Dorsal nearer 
to caudal than to snout, its origin about the length of the 
postorbital part of head nearer to snout than to caudal. Length 
of anal and dorsal both about as long as snout and eye. 
Pectorals */, of head. Ventrals a little longer than postor- 
bital part of head, their origin nearer to anal than to head. 
Caudal deeply forked, its base scaled, 4°/,—5 in the total 
length. Teeth on pterygoids and palatines. Narrow stripe of 
teeth on tongue posteriorly. Gillrakers 40, longest */, of eye, 
'/; shorter than postorbital part of head. Scales with concen- 
tric lines, their margin striated, finely irregularly crenulated 
and with very small round holes. 18—1g praeventral, 13 post- 
ventral scutes. Silvery, dark above, on the back indications 
of darker bands along the rows of scales. Fins hyaline, dorsal 
and caudal dusky, tips of caudal deep black. Length to 
about 160 mm. 
Nomen indig.: Lenguru (Puger); Bik-hokkoa, Ekor angus 
(Batjan). Oormetting (Saparua); Biki-hoko (Ternate); Armattin 
(Ambon). 
I) Probably the same species, but it has after Valenciennes and Sauvage no 
teeth on palatines and according to the former 13, according to the latter 16 
dorsal rays. 
