CLUl'EID.E. 383 



Pellona megaloptera, Day, Pish. India, p. 045, pi. clxv, tig. 2 (see 



synon.). 

 Jangaiioo, Tel. 



D. 17-18. P. 17. V.7. A. 43-50. C. 17. L. 1. 48-50. L.tr. 14-15. 



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

 length. Eyes diameter 2| to 3 in the length of the head, diatn. 

 from end of snout, and \ apart. Abdominal profile slightly more 

 convex than dorsal. The posterior Halves of the occipital ridges are 

 parallel. Fins last few dorsal rays are above the commencement 

 of the anal. Pectoral reaches to above the ventral, which last is 

 not half so long as the eye, and is sometimes entirely absent. 

 Length of base of anal nearly 3 of total excluding caudal. Scales 



22 scutes anterior, and 8 posterior to the ventral tin. 

 Hal}. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



483. (9.) Pellona sladeni. 



Pellona sladeni, Day, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 623 ; Fish. India, p. 045, 

 pi. clxiv, fig. 1. 



D. 13. P. 11. V. 7. A. 44. C. 21. L. 1. 48. L. tr. 10. 



Length of head 5, height of body 5| in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 4 in length of head, 1 diam. from end of snout. Badges 

 on the occiput slightly diverge behind. Fins first two dorsal rays 

 in advance of anal, the remainder of the former fin over the latter. 

 Pectoral reaches to nearly the end of the ventral, which is small. 



23 spiny scales on the abdominal profile anterior to the ventral 

 fins, and 10 posterior to them. Colour silvery, opercles golden ; 

 caudal edged with black. 



Hob. Irrawaddy, as high as Mandalay. 



484. (10.) PeUona leschenaultii. 



Pellona leschenaultii, Cuv. $ Val. H. N. Poiss. xx, p. 31] ; Day, 

 Fish. India, p. 646 (see synon.). 



D. 21. P. 17. V. 8. A. 42. C. 27. L. 1. 70. 



Height of body nearly 4 in the total length. Teeth very distinct 

 in premaxillaries and mandibles. Fins pectoral large and rounded 

 towards its extremity, and extending beyond the insertion of he 

 ventrals, which are small, and arise about eight or nine rows of 

 scales nearer the head than the origin of the dorsal. Anal elon- 

 gated. Colour silvery. 



Hob. A single dried example (20 inches long) was brought from 

 Pondicherry. 



4. Genus OPISTHOPTERUS, Gill. 

 Syn. Fristiy aster, sp., Cuv. 

 Branchiostegals six. Body oblong, compressed. The lower jaw 



