380 TELEOSTEI. PHTSOSTOMI. 



475. (1.) Pellona filigera. 



Pellona filigera, Cuv. $ VaL II. N. Poiss. xx, p. 322 ; Day, Fish. 

 India, p. 643, pi. clxv, fig. 4 (see syuon.). 



D. 18-19. P. 17. V.8. A. 46-50. C. 19. L. 1. 50. L. tr. 15-16. 



Length of head 5|, height of body 3| to 4 in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 3 in length of head, | diam. from end of snout, 

 and 5 apart. Abdominal profile much more convex than that of the 

 back. The posterior portions of the ridges on the occiput are 

 parallel. Fins ventral fins very short. Length of base of anal 

 fin 2| in total length excluding caudal. Caudal lobes elongated. 

 Scutes well developed, 22 to 23 before, and 10 or 12 posterior to 

 base of ventral fin. Colou'i a coppery tinge along the back ; sides 

 silvery, with mother-of-pearl reflexions. Dorsal and pectoral fins 

 black-tipped. 



Hab. Bombay; growing to 1 foot in length. 



476. (2.) Pellona elongata. (Fig. 117.) 



Alosa elongata, Bennett, Life of Sir S. Raffles, p. 691. 



Pellona elongata, Day, Fish. India, p. 043, pi. clxiv, fig. 3, and pi. 



clxv, fig. I (see synon.). 



Nga thyngye and Khebowk thyn, Arracan ; Ram Ganha, Chittagong ; 

 Ngapya, Burmese. 



D. 15-17. P. 15. V.7. A. 40-49. C.I 7. L. 1. 46-56. L.tr.14-16. 



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

 length. Eyes diameter 3| to 4 in length of head, 1 diam. from 

 end of snout, arid | apart. Abdominal profile more convex than 

 that of the back. The posterior halves of the ridges on the occiput 



Fig. 117. Pellona elongata. 



are nearly parallel. Ventral minute. Length of base of anal 3 to 

 3| in total length excluding caudal. Scales abdominal scutes well 

 developed, 20 to 24 anterior, and 8 or 10 posterior to the base of 

 the ventral fin. Colour silvery, shot with mother-of-pearl. 

 Fins yellowish, edge of dorsal black-tipped. 



Hab. Seas of India, to the Malay Archipelago, China, and Japan. 



