CLUPEIDJS. 381 



477. (3.) Pellona motius. 



Clupanodon motius, Ham. Buck. Fish. Ganges, pp. 251, 383. 

 Pellona motius, Day, Fish. India, p. 643, pi. clxv, fig. 3 (see synon.). 

 Ursi or Alise, Ooriah. 

 D. 16-17. P. 15. V. 7. A. 40-41. L. 1. 43-45. L.tr. 12-13. 



Length of head 5, height of body 4 to 4 1 in the total length. 

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

 | apart. Abdominal profile more convex than that of the back. 

 The posterior halves of the ridges on the summit of the head are 

 nearly parallel. Teeth on jaws, tongue, and palate. Fins length 

 of base of anal 3 of total excluding caudal ; ventral fin nearly as 

 long as the eye. Scales 7 or 8 scutes posterior to base of ventral, 

 and 15 or 16 anterior to it. Colour silvery, with mother-of-pearl 

 reflexions ; a burnished lateral band. Some fine dots on the fins 

 and along the edges of some of the scales. Caudal fin with a dark 

 outer edge ; a dark band along the middle of the dorsal. 



Hab. Assam, Bengal, and Orissa, descending as low as the coast. 

 This fish does not appear to exceed about 4 inches in length. 



478. (4.) Pellona indica. 



Platygaster indicus, Swainson, Lardner's Cab. Cycl., Fishes, fyc. ii. 



p. 294. 



Pellona indica, Day, Fish. India, p. 644, pi. clxiv, fig. 4 (see synon.). 

 Poo-na-no-dah, Andamanese ; Ditchoee, TeL 



D. 17. P. 16. V. 7. A. 39-40. C. 17. L. 1. 44. L. tr. 13-14. 



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

 Eyes diameter 2| to 3 in length of head, diam. from end of 

 snout, and \ apart. Abdominal profile more convex than dorsal. 

 The posterior halves of the ridges on the occiput are parallel. 



Teeth in the jaws, tongue, palatine, and pterygoid bones. Fins 



length of base of anal 2| to 3 in total excluding caudal. Ventral 

 small, shorter than the eye. Scales with the edges rather rough- 

 ened ; 25 or 26 scutes, 18 between the throat and base of ventral 

 fin. Colour greenish along the back, becoming silvery shot with 

 purple and gold on the sides and below ; dorsal fin often tipped 

 black. 



Hab. East coast of Africa ; seas of India to the Malay Archi- 

 pelago. 



479. (5.) Pellona ditchela. 



Pellona ditchela, Cuv. $ Vol. H. N. Poiss. xx, p. 314 ; Day, Fish. 



India, p. 644, pi. clxv, fig. 5 (see synon.). 

 Ditchfllee, Tel. 



D. 18. P. 16. V. 6. A. 36-40. C. 19. L. 1. 40-44. L. tr. 14. 

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



