269 



It. Anus conspicuously before first dorsal; situated be- 

 tween ventrals, at least between tlieir tip. \'ertical 

 through origin of first dorsal nearer to anal than to 

 base of ventrals. 



1. Pectorals 5 times or less in total length. Tip of 

 ventrals reaching vertical through origin of first 



dorsal. That vortical separated from vertical through O _ /^JIAaV^ 

 anus by 3 scales. Lateral scales 34 — ^36 A. 'eenarac/itensis p. 270. 



2. Pectorals more than 5 times in total length. Tip ■" '■. ' ' ') . <^ '' 

 of ventrals only by exception reaching vertical 



through origin of first dorsal. 



a. Vertical through anus and vertical through x-'jvJL-^' A 



origin of first dorsal separated by 7 — 8 scales. A. valenciennesi p. 272. 

 /'. Vertical through anus and vertical through ' ^ i? Ct^f ^ 'i 

 ♦ origin of first doi-sal separated by 3 — 4 scales. ' 

 x. Lateral scales 42 — 45. Origin of first dorsal 

 opposite to 15th (i6th) scale, that of second 

 dorsal opposite to 25th (26th) scale. Anus . v 



opposite to I2lh — 14th scale A. forskali p. 274. 



j9. Lateral scales 35 — 40. Origin of first dorsal J ^ C-L-^ 

 opposite to 13th — 14th scale, that of second 

 dorsal opposite to 21st — 23rd scale. Anus 

 opposite to 9th — loth scale A. duodecimalis p. 275. 



I. Atherina temmincki Blkr. 



"^ Aiherina brachyptcrns Bleeker. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indiii IL 185 1, p. 243. 

 Atherina Teniniinchii Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. V. 1853, p. 506. 

 Atherina Teininineki Jordan & Scale, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. Wash. XXVIII. 



1905, P- 774- 

 1 Atherina tiisila Jordan & Scale, Bull. Bur. Fish. Wash. XXV. (1905) 1906, p. 2i6. 

 Atherina temvtinckii Evermann & Scale, Bull. Bur. Fish. Wash. XXVL 1906, p. 59. 

 Atherina Temniinckii Max Weber, Siboga-Expeditie, Fische 1913, p. 135. 

 Atherina temmincki Max Weber, Revision indo-austr. Art. v. Atherina, Zoolog. 



Mcdedeel. Mus. Leiden VL 1921, p. 52. 



D'. VI; D-. I— II. 8—9; A. II. 10— 1 1; V. I. 5; P. I— II, 15 — I/; 

 L.l. 40—44; L.tr. 6. 



Somewhat cylindrical, back broad, flat, breadth of trunk 

 equal to or somewhat less than its height. Height 6' ..to nearly 

 8 in total length. Head 4.5 to slightly more than 5 in total 

 length; pointed, its upper surface nearly flat and rectilinear; 

 jaws equal; mouth small; maxillary obliquely ascending, rea- 

 ching frontborder of eye; snout much shorter than eye, about 

 3.8—4 times in head. Eye 2.5 to less than thrice in head, 



