316 On the Genera Pomolobu?;^ Brevooitia, dhc. 



14. Anodontostoma, Bleek. 1849. 

 Verb. Batav. Genootsch. xxii., Madurn, p. 15. 



Differs from Gonialosa \n tliat the maxillary is a strai^-lit, 

 thin, transversely expanded lamina, tapering distally, whilst 

 the supramaxillary is very slender. Dorsal 17-19, with a 

 well- developed scaly sheath extending to tip of last ray. 

 Anal 18-21, depressible in a scaly sheath. Pel vies 8-rayed, 

 below middle or anterior half of dorsal. Scales 40-42 in a 

 longitudinal series, 12-17 in a transverse series. Ver- 

 tebrae 42. 



Coasts and rivers of India and Indo-Australian Archipelago. 



1. Anodontostoma chacunda. 



Clupanodon chacunda, Ham. Buch. Fi.-sh. Ganjres, p. 246 (1822). 

 Ckatoessus chacunda, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xxi. p. Ill (1848) ; 



Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 411 (18G8) ; Day, Fish. India, p. 632, 



pi. clx. fij>'. 3 (1878). 

 Anodontostoma hasseltii, Bkek. Verb. Batav. Genootsch. xxii. 1849, 



Madura, p. 15. 

 Ckatoessus selanrjkat, Bleek. Verb. Batav. Genootsch. xxiv. 1852, 



Haviugacht. p. 47. 

 Dorosoma chacunda, Bleek. Atl. Icbtb. vi. p. 143, Clup. pi. iii. figs. 5, 6 



(1872); Weber & Beaufort, Fish. ludo-Austral. Arch. ii. p. 25, 



fig. 14 (1913). 



Depth of body 2 to 2| in the lengtjj, length of head 3;^- to 4. 

 Snout shorter than diameter of eye, which is 3 to of in the 

 length of head ; maxillary extending to below anterior ^ of 

 ej'^e. 40 to 42 scales in a longitudinal series, 12 to 15 in a 

 transverse series; ventral scutes 16-18 + 10-11. Dorsal 

 17'-19. Anal 18-21. Pelvics below middle or anterior part 

 of dorsal. Dark longitudinal streaks along upper series of 

 scales; a dark humeral spot. 



India and Indo-Australian Archipelago. 



Numerous examples, up to 160 mm. in total length. 



2. Anodontostoma hreviceps. 

 Chatoessus breviceps, Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Berlin, 1876, p. 848. 



Depth of body 2f in the length, length of head nearly 4. 

 Snout I as long as eye; maxillary extending to below middle 

 of eye. 42 scales in a longitudinal series, 17 in a transverse 

 series. Dorsal 19. Anal 19. Pelvics below middle of 

 dorsal. Longitudinal dark stripes along upper series of 

 scales. 



Total length 230 mm. 



New Hanover. . . 



