304 Mr. C. T. Regan on the Clupeoid Fishes 



Coasts and rivers from Natal to Cliina. 



Ill the young the body is deeper and the head smaller than 

 in the adultfi, the greater length of the head in the latter 

 being mainly due to the size of the operculum. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Parietal ridges expanded and striated. 



A. Depth '2t2 to 3 iu the length. 



Head 3 to 3? in the length 1. kancujurta. 



Head 3| to 3| in tlie length 2. durbanenm. 



B, Depth 2| iu the length 3. brachysoma. 



II. Parietal ridges narrow, covered by smooth skin. 



A. Maxillary extending to below middle of eye (young) or beyond. 



1. Caudal lobes as long as head. 



Operculum ^ to § as broad as deep ; scales 45-48/17-20. 4. ilishn. 

 Operculum f to | as broad as deep ; scales 42-4.0/10-17. o. reevesi, 



2. Caudal lobes longer than head. 



Operculum ^ to § as broad as deep ; scales 40/14-15 . . 6. toll. 



B. Maxillary not reaching middle of eye; caudal lobes much longer 



than head ; scales 45/14-15 7. macrura. 



1. Ililsa hanagurta . 



Aiosa l-anar/iuin, Bleek. Verb. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 1852, Haringacht. 



p. 34 ; Atl. Ichth. vi. p. 114, Chip. pi. vii. fig. 5 (1872). 

 Alosavialaynna, Bleek. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. 1866, p. 294; Atl. 



Ichth. vi. p. 114, Chip. pi. vii. fig. 4. 

 Chqmi Ukha, Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 445 (1868). _ 

 (Jltipea kamujurta, Day, Fish. India, p. 640, pi. clxii. fig. 4 ; Weber & 



Beaufort, Fish. Indo-Austral. Arch. ii. p. 67 (1913). 



Depth of body 2^ to o in the length, length of head 3 to 

 31. Parietal ridges expanded and striated. Snout nearly as 

 long as or a little longer than diameter of eye, which is 3| 

 to A.\ in length of head ; maxillary extending to below middle 

 or posterior part of eye ; width of operculum \ or less than ^ 

 its depth ; 100 to 150 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior 

 arch. 42 to 45 scales in a longitudinal series, 13 or 14 in a 

 transverse series; ventral scutes 16-18+11-13. Dorsal 

 17-20. Anal 19-22. Pelvics below anterior half of dorsah 

 Caudal about as long as head. A dark humeral spot, in the 

 young followed by a series. 



Zanzibar to Malay Archipelago. 



Fifteen examples, up to 220 mm. in total leiigth. 



