CLUPEID.E. 389 



491. (1.) Engraulis hamiltonii. 



Thryssa hamiltonii, Gray Sf Ilanlw. III. Intl. Zool. ii, pi. 92, fig. 3. 

 Engraulis hamiltonii, Day, Fish. India, p. G25, pi. clvii, fig. 4 (see 

 synon.). 



Poorawah, Tel. 

 B.xii. D.I + 13. P. 12. V.7. A. 40-41. C. 19. L.I. 44. L. tr. 11-12. 



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

 Eyes 4 diameters in length of head, -3- diam. from end of snout, 

 and 1 apart. Snout slightly in advance of the end of the lower 

 jaw ; the maxilla nearly reaches the base of the pectoral fin. Fins 

 pectoral reaches to above the middle of the small ventral. Anal 

 commences behind the vertical from the last dorsal ray. Scales 

 scutes strong, 16 anterior to the ventral, and 10 posterior. Pseudo- 

 branchi* rudimentary. Colour bronze along the back, divided in 

 the fresh state by a silvery band from the purple-and-gold tinted 

 abdomen. Black venules on the shoulder behind the upper half of 

 the opercle. Fins yellow, dorsal sometimes edged with black. 



Hab. Sind, through seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



492. (2.) Engraulis malabaricns. (Fig. 121.) 



Clupea malabarica, Bloch, Ich. pi. 432. 



Engraulis malabaricus, Day, Fish. India, p. G25, pi. clvii, fig. 5 (see 

 synon.). 



Monanyoo, Mai. ; Poor-relan, Tarn. ; Poorwa, Tel. 

 B. xii. D. 1 + 14-15. P. 14. A. 40-43. C. 20. L. 1. 39-40. L. tr.l 1-12. 



Length of head 5> height of body 3| in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 4| in length of head, f diain. from end of snout, and H 



Fig. 121. Engraulis malabaricus. 



apart. Snout slightly in advance of the lower jaw. Maxilla ex- 

 pands posteriorly to the gill-opening. Fins anal commences 

 behind the vertical from the last dorsal ray. Pectoral reaches the 



