CLUPEID*:. 37o 



deep as one scale. Caudal dark-tipped, shot with blue. A brilliant 

 bronze-coloured spot on occiput. 



Hab. Seas of India and Burma, to the Malay Archipelago; 

 attaining to about 4 inches in length. Found in vast numbers 

 along the Western coast of India. 



468. (9.) Clupea variegata. 



Clupea variegata, Day, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 623 ; Fish. India, p. 630, 

 pi. clxi, fig. 4. 



D. 15-18. P. 17. V. 8. A. 24-29. C. 17. L. 1. 90. L.tr.35. 



Length of head 4| to 4f , height of body 3 in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 4 to 4| in length of head, | diam. from end of 

 snout, above 1 apart. Abdominal profile more convex than dorsal. 

 Jaws of about equal length. Fins ventrals situated below the 

 first third of the dorsal fin. Scales regularly arranged behind a 

 line from the opercles to the base of the anal fin, anterior to which 

 they are very irregular. Serrated scales commence under the middle 

 of the pectoral ; 10 are posterior to the ventral fin, and about 10 

 anterior to it. Colour silvery, glossed with gold and bronze. A 

 dark humeral spot. A row of about 18 bars passes across the 

 back and descends a short way over the sides. Dorsal fin with a 

 basal black band in its posterior half. End of tail tipped with 

 black. 



Hab. Irrawaddy and its branches. Many specimens procured up 

 to 7 inches in length. 



469. (1Q.) Clnpea chapra. 



Clupanodon chapra, Ham. Buck. Fish. Ganges, pp. 248, 383. 

 Clupea chapra, Day, Fish. India, p. 39, pi. clki, fig. 1 (see synon.). 

 Coon, Bengali ; Gudua, Ooriah. 



D. 14-16. P. 13. V. 8. A. 21-24. C. 17. L. 1. 80-110. L. tr. 33-35. 



Length of head 4j to 4| (4 in the young), height of body 3 to 

 4 in the total length. Eyes diameter 3| to 4 in the length of 

 head, diam. from end of snout, and 1 to 1-J- apart. Abdominal 

 profile more convex than, dorsal, fins origin of dorsal opposite 

 or slightly before that of the ventral ; anal highest in front. Gill- 

 rakers closely set, very numerous and rather shorter than the eye. 

 Scales smooth ; 18 to 19 scutes anterior and 9 to 10 posterior to 

 the ventral fin. Colour silvery, shot with gold ; back rather dark, 

 and edge of caudal stained darkest ; a dark spot, which is some- 

 times absent, on the shoulder. 



Hab. IVesh waters of rivers and tanks in Sind and throughout 

 India as far south as the Kistna River; absent from the Malabar 

 coast and Madras. This fish attains to at least 8 inches in 

 length. 



