Dorsal 15, much nearer root of caudal than end of snout, 

 these distances being in the proportion of 5 to 8. Anal 20, 

 begins under the end of the dorsal. Ventrals inserted slightly 

 in front of dorsal. 



About 40 scales in a longitudinal and 10 in a transverse 

 series. A patch of small teeth on the anterior end of pre- 

 maxillary and mandible. The maxillary denticulate. There 

 are no scutes on the abdominal margin between pectorals and 

 ventrals nor behind ventrals, but there are three or four fused 

 into a rather sharp and hard ridge on the thoracic region in 

 front of pectorals. 



This fish is common in the tidal portion of the Zwartkops 

 River near Port Elizabeth, where it is known as " White-bait." 

 It is found also in some of the tidal rivers near East London. 



A fish apparently identical with it has been found b\' !Mr. 

 W. W. Thompson in Princess Vlei, a sheet of practically fresh 

 water on the Cape Flats. 



ETRUMEUS, Bleeker. 



Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen. xxv., 48 (1853). 



Body, elongate, slightly compressed ; abdomen, rounded, 

 without scutes ; mouth, terminal ; scales, cycloid, \Try decidu- 

 ous ; ventrals, entirely behind dorsals. 



Dorsal fin long and low. INo silver}^ lateral stripe. ' 

 Etrumeirs micropus. 



Clupca viicropus, Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss, p. 236, pi. 107, 



fig- 2. 



Etrumeits micropus, Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen. xxv, p. 48. 

 Gilch, and Thomp. x\nn. S. Afr. Mus. vi., p. 268 (1909). 



Depth of body 6 times in total length excluding caudal, 

 length of head 4I times. Snout f! diameter of e3^e, which is 

 nearly 2,'',, times in length of head and twice the interorbital 

 width. Lower jaw slightly projecting beyond upper, maxillary 

 reaches to vertical of anterior margin of eye. 



