378 TELEOSTEI. PIIYSOSTOMI. 



and 12 to 13 behind the base of the ventral fin. Pseudobranchue 

 well developed. Colour silvery, shot with yellow and purple ; a 

 dark shoulder-spot in the young. 



Hub. From Bombay through the seas of India to the Malay 

 Archipelago and China. This species attains at least 3 feet in 

 length. It does not appear to ascend rivers to breed, but is some- 

 times found at their mouths. 



473. (14.) Clupea melanura. 



Alausa melanura, Cuv. < Vol. li. N. Poiss. xx, p. 441. 

 Clupea melauura, -Day, Fish. Iniia, p. G41 (see synon.). 



D. 15-16. P. 13. V.8. A. 18-19. C.19. L.I. 38-40. L. tr. 10-11. 



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

 Eyes with very narrow adipose lids, diameter 3 to 3| in length 

 of bead, 1 diam. from end of snout, apart. Lower jaw rather 

 longer than the upper. Fins dorsal commences opposite to or 

 slightly in front of ventral. Scales in regular horizontal rows, 

 with two or three raised lines along their base, 25 serrated scales 

 along the abdominal edge. Colour back blue shot with purple, 

 a fine yellow line dividing it from the silvery sides and abdomen ; 

 a blue spot on the opercle ; outer third of caudal lobes black. 



Hob. Seas of India and the Malay Archipelago. 



2. Genus COKICA, Hamilton Buchanan. 

 Syn. Clupeoides and Clupeichthys, Bleeker. 



Body oblong, compressed. Lower jaw the longer. Teeth, when 

 present, rudimentary and deciduous. Anal fin of moderate extent. 

 Caudal forked. Scales of medium size. Abdomen serrated ; 

 serration usually commencing behind the pectoral fins. 



Geographical Distribution. India to the Malay Archipelago. 



474. (1.) Corica soborna. (Fig. 116.) 



Corica soborna, Ham. Buck, Fish. Gang. pp. 253, 383; Day, Fish. 



India, p. 642, pi. clxii, fig. 5 (see synon.). 

 Cutwaal Alise and God-haee, Ooriah. 



Fig. 116. Corica soborna. 



B. vi. D. 15-16. A. 14-15 + ii. C.19. L. 1. 40-42. L. tr. 10. 

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



