of the Genera Pomulo'jas, Bravoort'ui, cj&c. 313 



1. Nematalosa nasus. 



Clupea nasus, Bloch, Ausl. Fisfilie.ix. p. ll(i, pi. ccccxxix. fig'. 1(1795). 

 Chatoessus (litm, Gray, III. Iiul. Zool.pl. xci. ii<j:. 2 (1835). 

 Chntoessus nasus, Cuv. & Val. flist. Nat. Poi.ss. xxi. p. 104 (1348) ; 



Day, Fish. India, p. 634, pi. clx. fig. 4 (1878). 

 Chatoessus chanpole, Giiuth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 410 (186S). 



Depth of body 2§ to 2i in the length, lengtli of hea'l 3| to 

 4. ftiiont as \o\\^ a.s or sliortei- than diameter of eye, which 

 is 3^ to 4 in length of head ; maxillaiy extending to below 

 anterior ^ of eye; second suborbital covering cheek, with 

 vertical anterior edge and horizontd inferior edge attached 

 to lower limb of prteo])erculum. 45 to 50 scales in a longi- 

 tudinal series, 15 to 19 in a transverse series ; ventral scutes 

 16-19+10-12. Dorsal 15-17. Anal 21-24. Pelvics 

 below origin or anterior ^ of dorsal. Dark longitudinal 

 streaks along upper series of scales ; often a dark humeral 

 spot, 



India. 



Several examples, 100 to 200 mm. long, from Sind, 

 Bombay, Canara^ Madras, Calicut, and Burma. 



2. Nematalosa japonica^ sp. n. 



Depth of body 3 in the length, length of head 4^. Snout 

 as long as diameter of eye, which is 41- in length of head ; 

 maxillary extending to below anterior ^- of eye ; second sub- 

 orbital with oblique lower edge. 48 to 50 scales in a longi- 

 tudinal series, 19 or 20 in a transverse series; ventral scutes 

 19-20 + 12-14. Dorsal 16-18. Anal 21-23. Pelvics 

 below middle or anterior part of dorsal. A dark humeral 

 spot. 



Inland Sea of Japan. 



Three specimens^ 200 mm. in total length. 



3. Nematalosa arahica, sp. n. 



Depth of body 2| in the length, length of head 3?. Snout 

 as long as diameter of eye, which is 4^ in length of head; 

 maxillary extending to below anterior -| of eye ; second sub- 

 orbital with oblique lower edge. 50 scales in a longitudinal 

 series, 19 in a transverse series ; ventral scutes 18 + 13. 

 Dorsal 17. Anal 19. Pelvics a little in advance of middle 

 of dorsal. Dark longitudinal streaks along series of scales on 

 upper part of body. 



Muscat. 



A single specimen, 150 mm., in total length, 

 Ann. & Mag. N. Hist, Ser. 8. Vol. xix. 21 



