372 TELKOSTEI. 1'JIYSOSTOiU. 





461. (2.) Clupea atricauda. 



Clupea atricauda, Giinther, C'atal. vii, p. 420; Day, Fish. India, 



p. 636, pi. clxiv, fig. 5 (see synon.). 

 D.18. P. 17. V.8. A. 17-19. C.20. L. 1. 44-45. L.tr. 11. 



Length of head 4-|, height of body 4| in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 3| to 4 in the length of the head, about 1 diam. from end 

 of snout and $ diam. apart. Lower jaw projecting beyond the 

 upper. Fiiis ventral inserted beneath the middle of the dorsal 

 fin. Last two anal rays thickened and slightly elongated. Lower 

 caudal lobe sometimes slightly the longer. Gill-rakers numerous, 

 closely set, and about one third as long as the eye. Scales regu- 

 larly arranged, with crenulated outer margins : scutes small ante- 

 riorly, becoming stronger under the middle of the base of the pectoral 

 fin ; 13 behind the base of the ventral. Colour dark steel-blue 

 along the back and upper third of the body, divided by a yellowish 

 line from the silvery sides and abdomen, which are glossed with 

 blue and purple. Caudal with its extremity deep brown or black. 



ffab. Andamans to the Malay Archipelago. 



462. (3.) Clupea kunzei. 



Harengula kunzei, Sleeker, Batavia Nat. Tijdsch. xii, p. 209. 

 Clupea klunzei, Day, Fish. India, p. 636, pi. clxiii, fig. 1 (see 

 synon.). 



D. 17-18. P. 16. V. 8. A. 17-18. C.20. L.1.45. L.tr. 11-12. 



Length of head 4| to 4|, height of body 4| to 4| in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 3 to 3| in length of the head, 1 diam. from 

 end of snout and f diam. apart. Lower jaw prominent. Fins 

 ventral inserted below the middle of the dorsal fin. Last two anal 

 rays rather thickened and slightly elongated. Gill-rakers fine, 

 about one third as long as the eye, about 38 in the outer branch of 

 lower branchial arch. Scales in regular rows, with the edges 

 roughened. Thirty badly developed scutes, about 13 behind the 

 base of the ventral fin. Colour bluish along the back, becoming 

 silvery white shot with purple on the sides and below. 



Hob. Ceylon, Andaraans, and Nicobars to the Malay Archipelago. 



463. (4.) Clupea leiogaster. 



Sardinella leiogaster, Cuv. $ Vol. H. N. Poiss. xx, p. 270. 

 Clupea leiogaster, Day, Fish. India, p. 636 (see synon.). 



B. vi. D. 17-18. P. 17. A. 18-20. C. 17. L. 1. 40. L. tr. 11-12. 



Length of head 5 to 5^, height of body 5 to 6 in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 3j to 4 in the length of the head, 1 diam. from end 

 of snout and -f to 4- diam. apart. Fins ventral inserted beneath 

 the second fourth of the dorsal. Scales with indistinct transverse 



