Q2 
pore; Banka; Borneo (Pamangkat, Sinkawang). — China; For- 
mosa; Japan; British India. 
In sea and mouth of rivers. 
8. Pellona novacula C. V. 
Pellona novacula Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons XX. 1847, p. 319. 
Llisha novacula Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. III. 1866, p. 302. — Atl. Ichth. 
VI. divr: 25, 26:51872, p: 120: 
Pellona novacula Ginther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868. p. 458. 
B. 634 D. -17=-183--As 423 RP. 1) 15 pV (0, sea es 
L. tr. 14—1I5. 
Greatest convexity of ventral profile below base of pec- 
torals. Height 3'/,, head 3%/,, eye about 4, about equal to 
snout and nearly half as long as postorbital part of head. 
The posterior halves of the ridges on the upper surface of the 
head slightly divergent. Maxillary. reaches to below hinder half 
of eye, nearly twice in head measured with chin. Oral border 
of maxillary without a supplementary bone (cf. P. hoeventz), 
but with a ligament instead. Origin of dorsal nearer to root 
of caudal than to end of snout, far behind ventrals, which 
are shorter than the eye and situated about in the middle 
between anal and suboperculum. Pectorals about as long as 
head without snout, not reaching ventrals. Anal about 3 in 
length. Its origin below the posterior half of the dorsal. 
Caudal scaly, deeply incised. Teeth on palatines, pterygoids 
and tongue. 20 gillrakers, '/, longer than branchial filaments. 
Scales more or less distinctly striated. 33 abdominal scutes, 
10 of which postventral. Colour silvery, dark above. Length 
230 mm. [Bleeker’s specimen seen in British Museum]. 
Habitat: Batavia (once recorded by Bleeker). — Rangoon; 
China. 
In sea. 
g. Pellona dussumieri C. V. 
Platygaster megalopterus Swainson, Nat. Hist. Fish. II. 1830, p. 294. (Name only). 
Pellona dussumieri Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons XX. 1847, p. 316. 
Pellona Leschenaultii Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. XXIII. 1850, Bijdr. M. en O. 
Java, path. (ec CawVe)): 
Pellona Russelli Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen, XXIV. 1852, Haringacht., p. 23, 
Pellona motius Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 456. (ex parte). 
[lisha megalopterus Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. livr. 25, 26. 1872, p. 119. 
Pellona megalopterus Day, Fishes of India 4°. 1878—1888, p. 645. 
