oj the Genera Pomolobus, Brevoortia, dee. 307 



Depth of body 2| to ?>{ in tlie length, lengtli of head 3i to 

 4. Parietal vidges narrow, covered witli smooth skin in the 

 adult fisi). Snout as long as or longer than diameter oE eye, 

 whicli is 4^ to 7^ in the length of head ; maxillary extending 

 to below posterior part of eye or beyond ; width of operculum 

 from ^ to nearly § of its depth ; 70 to 95 gill-rakers on lower 

 part of anterior arch. About 40 scales in a longitudinal and 

 14 or 1 5 in a transverse series ; ventral scutes 17-18 4- 11-13. 

 Dorsal 17-19. Anal 18-21. Pelvics below middle of dorsal. 

 Caudal lobes, in the adult fish, nearly 1| as long as head. 



India, Malay Peninsula and Archi|)elago. 



Several examples, 120 to 450 mm. in total length. 



7. Eilsa macrura. 



Alosa macruruSy Bleelc. Verli. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 1852, Haringacht. p. 31 ; 

 Atl. Ichth. vi. p. 113, Cliip. pi. vi. tig. 4 (1872). 



Clupea macrura, Giintli. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 448 (1868) ; Weber & Beau- 

 fort, Fish. Jjido-A astral. Arch. ii. p. (35 (1913). 



Depth of body 2| to 3j in the length, length of head 4 to 

 4f . Paiietal ridges narrow, covered with smooth skin in the 

 adult fish. Snout not longer than diameter of eye, which is 

 4 to 5 in the length of head; maxillary extending to below 

 anterior \ of eye ; .width of operculum ^ its deptli ; 60 to 80 

 gill-rakirs on lower part of anterior arch. About 45 scales 

 in a longitudinal and 14 or 15 in a transverse series ; ventral 

 scutes 16-18-1-11-15.. Dorsal 17-20. Anal 18-21. Pelvics 

 below middle or anterior part of dorsal. Caudal lubes, in the 

 adult fish, nearly twice as lung as head. 



Sunda Islands. 



Three examples, 160 to 350 mm. in total length. 



8. GUUUSIA, Fowler, 1911. 

 Froc. Acad. Philadelpliia, Ixiii. p. 207. 



Distinguished from Biha by the smaller scales. 

 Two species from the rivers of India and Burma. 



1. Gudusia chapra. 



Clupanodon chapra, Ham. Buch. Fish. Ganges, p. 248, 



Clupea indica, Gray, 111. lud. Zool. ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p 444 



(1868). 

 Alausa nncrolejis, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xx. p. 439 (1847). 

 Clupea chapra, iJiiy, Fish. India, p. 639, pi. clxi. lig. 1 (1S78). 

 Clupea suhia, Chaudhuri, Rec. lud. Miis. vii. 1912, p. 439, pi. xxxviii 



iig. I. 



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

 3^. Snout shelter than diameter of eye, which is 4 in length 



