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rather firm, 12—15 praedorsal median scales, 16—18 prae- 
ventral, 13 postventral scutes. Silvery, back and snout dark. 
Fins hyaline, dorsal often anteriorly dark-coloured, as also the 
caudal or its margin. Length nearly 160 mm. 
Habitat: Sumatra (Trussan, Padang, Tiku, Priaman, Siboga); 
Nias!; Pulu Weh!; Singapore; Biliton; Celebes (Macassar, 
Bonthain, Menado); Bali; Sumbawa; Buru; Ceram!; Ambon!; 
Saparua; Solor; Timor; Batjan; Ternate; Waigeu!; Kei 
Islands!. — Australia?; New Hebrides; Solomon Islands; 
Admirality Islands; Marshall Islands; Fidji Islands; Philip- 
pines; China; Japan; Andamans; Nicobars; Ceylon. 
In Sea. 
13. Clupea (Harengula) longiceps (C. V.) 
Sardinella longiceps Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons XX. 1847, p. 273- 
Sardinella Nevhowii Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons XX. 1847, p. 274. 
Alosa scombrina Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons XX. 1847, p. 442. 
Sardinella lemuru Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indié, IV. 1853, p. 500. 
Clupea lemurvu Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 430. 
Clupea scombrina Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 448. 
Clupea (Harengula) lemuru Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. livr. 25, 26. 1872, p. 108. 
Clupea longiceps Day, Fishes of India 4°. 1878—1888, p. 637. 
B. 6; D.' 16—18; “A. 13—16; P? 15—16;° V2 3—o7) Ee 
453 Le tr..12—13° 
Elongate, dorsal and ventral profile evenly convex. Height 
4A—4'/,, head 3*/,—4, eye 4—4'/,, shorter than snout and 
much shorter than postorbital part of head. Maxillary reaches 
beyond frontmargin of eye, about 2'/, in head. About 8—1o0 
diverging postfrontal striae. Operculum twice as high as broad. 
Suboperculum rectangular, its lower posterior angle rounded. 
Dorsal somewhat nearer to caudal than to snout, its origin 
distinctly nearer to snout. Height of dorsal somewhat more 
than its length, which equals the postorbital part of head. 
Length of anal equals half length of head. Pectorals some- 
what. shorter than head without snout. Origin of ventrals 
behind middle of dorsal. Caudal 5'/,—6 in the total length. 
Teeth on palatines, pterygoids and tongue. Gillrakers circa 
120, the longest nearly as long as eye, less than half breadth 
of operculum. Scales smooth, irregularly crenulated; 13—15 
praedorsal scales, 18 praeventral and 14 postventral abdominal 
scutes. Silvery above, brownish on the back. Sometimes a 
