of the Genera Sardinella, Harengiilaj &c. 385 



vertical from anterior margin of eye. 36 to 40 gill-rakers on 

 lower part of anterior arch. 42 to 45 scales in a longitudinal, 

 12 in a transverse series; ventral scutes 16-18 + 13-15. 

 Dorsal 17-19. Anal 17-20. Pelvics 8-rayed, in advance of 

 middle of dorsal. 



Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 



ISix specimen?, 105 to 185 mm. in total length, from 

 Zanzibar, Batavia, Celebes, and Misol, including types of 

 S. liojastroides and C. pinguis, 



14. Sardinella clupeoides. 



Amblygaster clupeoides, Bleek. Journ. lud. Arch, 1849, p. 73. 



(Jlwpea clupeoides, Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 425 (1868) ; Bleek. Atl. 



Jchth. vi. p. 103, Clup. pi. xiv. iig-. 1 (1872) ; Weber & Beaufort, 



Fish. Indo-Austral. Archipel. ii. p. 63 (1913). 

 Clitpea vkinmcensis, Kishiiiouve, Journ. Imp. Fisheries Bureau, Tokyo, 



xiv. 1907, p. 96, pi. xix. fig. 2. 



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

 4|. Snout as long as or a little longer than diameter of eye, 

 which is 3^ to 4 in lengtii of head ; maxillary not extending 

 to below eye. 27 to 31 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior 

 arch. 42 to 44 scales in a longitudinal, 12 in a transverse 

 series; ventral scutes 16-17 + 12-14. Dorsal 17-19. Anal 

 16-18. Pelvics 8-iayed, nearly below origin of dorsal. 



Malay Archipelago to E,iu-Kiu Islands. 



Two specimens, 160 and 230 mm. long, the latter the type 

 of the species. 



Opisthonema, Gill, 1861. 



Proc. Acad. Philadelphia, p. 37. 



Differs from Sardinella in that the last ray of the dorsal 

 fin IS prolonged into a filament. 



Two species from Tropical America. 



1. OpisiJionema oglinum. 



Chqwa thrissa (non Linn.), Broussonet, Ichth, fasc. 1 (1872): Giinth. 



Cat. Fish. vii. p. 432 (1868). 

 Me(/cdops oglina, Lesueur, J. Ac. Philad. i. 1817, p. 359. 

 Ojiisthonevia ogliimm, Jord, & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 



1896, p. 432. 



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

 to 4|. Snout as long as or a little longer than diameter of 

 eye, which is 3i to 4 in length of head ; maxillary extending 

 to below anterior ^ of eye. 65 (young) to 100 gill-rakers ou 

 lower part of anterior arch. 48 to 50 scales in a longitudinal, 



