374 TELEOSTEI. PIITSOSTOMI. 



from end of snout and also apart. Lower jaw slightlv prominent. 

 Fins ventral inserted under the middle of the dorsal. Last two 

 anal rays thickened and a little prolonged. Scales regularly ar- 

 ranged, with their free edges jagged. Scutes moderately developed, 

 14 or 15 posterior to the ventral fin, and 10 or 17 before it. Colour 

 bluish green, the sides silvery. Dorsal fin with numerous line 

 black dots, and a black mark at the base of its anterior rays. 

 Caudal with bluish reflexions and tipped with dark. 



Hab. Eed Sea, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. This 

 species abounds in certain years off the Malabar coast. 



466. (7.) Clupea sindensis. 



Clupea sindensis, Dai/, Fish. India, p. 638,' pi. clxiii, fig. 2 (see 

 synon.). 



D. 16-17. P. 15. V.8. A. 18-19. C. 21. L.I. 41-44. L.tr. 11. 



Length of head 4|- to 5, height of body 4| to 4 in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 4| in the length of head, 1| diarn. from end of 

 snout, and 1 apart. Lower jaw prominent. Preorbital with a raised 

 and branched ridge. Fins ventral inserted below the middle of 

 the dorsal. Scales with their edges a little rough (especially in 

 large examples) and having some vertical lines. Scutes not well 

 developed, 13 to 14 behind the base of the ventral fin. Gill-rakers 

 closely set, nearly as long as the eye. Colour back deep blue ; 

 sides golden, shot with purple and blue. Pins yellowish, a black 

 spot at base of dorsal anteriorly, and its upper edge dark ; the end 

 of the caudal lobes sometimes dark. There are also lines along 

 the rows of scales in the upper two thirds of the body ; a small 

 dark shoulder-mark, which is more or less lost in the adult. 



Hob. Seas of the Seychelles, Sind and Bombay ; attaining at 

 least 8 inches in length. 



467. (8.) Clupea lile. 



Meletta lile, Cuv. $ Val. H. N. Poiss. xx, p. 378. 



Clupea lile, Day, Fish. India, p. 638, pi. cixii, fig. 1 (see synon.). 



D. 14-15. P. 13. V. 8. A. 17-20. C.21. L.I. 38-40. L. tr. 9-10. 



Length of head 5 to 5, height of body 3| to 3f in the total 

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

 end of snout and apart. Dorsal profile nearly horizontal, abdo- 

 minal very convex. Lower jaw slightly the longer. Fins ventral 

 inserted under the anterior dorsal rays. Gill-raiders closely set and 

 half as long as the eye : pseudobranchiae well developed. Scales 

 rather adherent and in regular rows ; their edges smooth. Scutes 

 strong, from 16 to 18 anterior, and 11 to 12 posterior to the base 

 of the ventral fin. Pree portion of tail as deep as long. Colour 

 golden shot with purple, a brilliant silvery baud along the side, as 



