gO 
Habitat: Java (Batavia); Borneo (Sinkawang, Sadong). 
In sea and mouth of rivers. 
6. Pellona amblyuropterus Blkr. 
Pellona amblyuropterus Bleeker, Verh, Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852, Haringacht., p. 21. 
Pellona amblyuropterus Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 459. 
llisha amblyuropterus Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. livr. 25, 26. 1872. p. 122. 
B 6%:,D. 17; A. 47—53 G4 Gtinther); P. 14-15, V0 7 
L.1. 50—54; L.tr. 15—16. 
Oblong, compressed, ventral profile more convex than the dor- 
sal. Profile of the nape slightly concave. Height 3'/,, head 3*/,—4, 
eye 4—4'/,, longer than snout. Posterior halves of the ridges 
on the upper surface of the head divergent behind. Maxillary 
denticulated, in fullgrown specimens reaching to posterior half 
of the eye, 2 times and a little in head, its oral border without 
supplemental bone (cf. P. hoeveniz) but with a ligament in- 
stead. Origin of dorsal conspicuously nearer to caudal than 
to snout, far behind origin of ventrals, which are much nearer 
to anal than to suboperculum. Ventrals very short. Pectorals 
nearly as long as head without chin, shorter when fullgrown, 
nearly reaching the ventrals. Anal 2?/,—2*/, in length, its 
anterior part opposite to nearly the entire dorsal. Caudal 
scaly, deeply incised, 4°/;—6 in length. Scales very thin, 
sometimes with transverse lines, their hindmargin smooth; 
38—39 abdominal spines, 11 of which behind ventrals. 16—17 
gillrakers, spinulous all round, longer than branchial filaments, 
a little shorter than '/, eye. Silvery, darker above, fins hyaline, 
dorsal and caudal more or less powdered with brown, inside 
and superior border of pectorals yellow. Length over 450 mm. 
[Specimens of Bleeker’s collection in the Leyden Museum 
examined]. 
Nomen indig. Ikan Puput (Bagan Api Api, Sumatra). 
Habitat: Java (Batavia); Sumatra (Bagan Api Api)}); 
Singapore; Borneo (Sungiduri). 
In sea and brackish water. 
7. Pellona elongata (Benn.) 
Alosa elongata Bennet, Mem. Life Raffles, 1830. p. 691. 
Clupea melastoma Bleeker, Nat. Gen. Arch. Ned. Indié II. 1845, p. 509. (nec Bl.). 
Pellona grayana Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat, Poissons XX. 1847, p. 315. 
