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3G5. Nemacheilus BlytUl, Day. D. 9, A. 7. Brownish. Caudal 

 forked. Two specimeus in the Calcutta Museum. 



3G6. Nemacheilus BiUauensis, McClellaud. D. 9, A. 7. Caudal 

 rounded. Bootan, to 5 inches in length. 



3G7. Nemacheilus rubripinnis, Jerdon. D. 8, A. 7. Nine vertical 

 bars. Caudal emarginate. Malabar. 



368. Nemacheilus tiirio, ILuii. Buch. D. 8 (10 ?), A. 7. Blotched. 

 Caudal emarginate. Assam. 



309. Nemacheilus gutlalus, McClelland. D. 8. Blotched. Caudal 

 entire. Upper Assam. 



Genus — MiSOURNUS, Lacep. 



Cobitichlhj/s, Bleeker. 



Bodu eluntjuted and comjiressed. No sub-orbital spine. Ten or twelve 

 barbels, four being on the mandible. Dorsal Jin arising opposite the ventrala. 

 Caudal rounded. 



370. Misgurniis lateralis, Giinther. D. 10, A. 8. Barbels ten. 

 Body longitudinally bauded, a black spot on base of caudal. Attains 

 above 3 inches iu length. Bengal. 



Family — Clupeid*, Cuv. 



Gill-opeiiinga usually very wide. PsuuJobranchia! largo (except in Megalops). 

 AbJouieu compressed into a serrated edge ur else smooth. Opercular pieces lour. 

 Muviu of tlie upper jaw formed mesially by the inter-maxillaries, laterally by 

 the maxillaiies, which are composed of three pieces, these are sometimes moveable. 

 Barbels absent. Dorsal fill with a few or moderate number of rays, no adipose 

 fin ; anal sometimes with an elongated base. Scales on body, none on the head. 

 Stomach with a blind sac. Pyloric appendages numerous. Air-vessel more or 

 less simple. 



A. Abdomen witli a compressed, serrated edge. 

 Genus — Clupea, sp. Artedi. 



Sardinella, Harengula, Kogenia, Clupeonia, Spratella, Kowala, Me- 

 letta, et Alausa, Val. : Clupalosa, Bleeker : Alausella, Fomolobus, Ojris- 

 thonema, Brevoortia, Gill : Sardinia, Poey. 



Bodi/ compressed : the serrature of the abdomen e.vtending forwards 

 into the thoracic region. Upper jaw not jjroj eating bej/ond the lower. Teeth, 

 when present, deciduous and rudimentary. Dorsal fin situated opposite 

 the ventral: anal of moderate or long extent : caudal forked. Scales large, 

 of moderate and more rarely of small size. 



371. Clupea variegata. Day. Nga-la-bee, Burm. D. 15, A. 29, 

 L. 1. 90. Anterior scales irregularly, posterior regularly arranged. 

 A dark humeral spot. A row of about 1 8 bars across the bnck. Dorsal 

 with a black band in the lower portion of its posterior half: caudal 

 black-tipped. Irrawaddi and its branches, up to 7 inches in length. 



37'2. Clupea chapra, Ham. Buch. Sou-e and llilsa, Panj. : Ful-loo- 

 ree, Chu-chee, Sind. D. 15, A. 21-23, L. 1. 80. Scales regularly ar- 

 ranged, except over the abdomen. A dark humeral spot. Rivers and 

 tanks iu their vicinity throughout India as low as the Kistna. It attains 

 6 or 7 inches in length. 



373. Clupea palasah,C\Y^. AwA^iA. /'«/^rt throughout the Indus 

 Oolum, Tam. : Pulasa, Tel. : llilsa and llisha, Ooriah and Beug. 



