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with its upper ray prolonged. Anal commences somewhat in ad- 

 vance of the dorsal, the length of its base being equal to half the 

 total length excluding the caudal fin. Scales the whole of the 

 abdominal edge serrated. Colour greenish yellow on the back, 

 becoming silvery on the sides and beneath ; the body with som3 

 dark blotches in its upper half. Fins yellow, the dorsal, caudal, 

 and last half of the anal having dark margins. 

 Hab. Bay of Bangal to the Malay Archipelago. 



500. (10.) Engraulis taty. 



Engraulis taty, Ouv. 8? Val. II. N. Poiss. xxi, p. 60 ; Day, Fish. India, 

 p. 628, pi. clviii, fig. 5 (see synon.J. 



B. xi-xii. D. 1 + 13-15. A. 51-57. C. 19. L.I. 42-40. L.tr. 12. 



Length of head 6 to 6| (5| in the very young), height of body 

 33. to 4 in the total length. Eyes diameter 4 in length of head, 

 ^ to | diam. from end of snout, and \\ apart. The maxilla extends 

 backwards beyond the mandibular joint, posteriorly it is truncated. 

 Fins the anal is nearly half as long as the total length excluding 

 the caudal fin ; it begins belo\v the middle of the dorsal; first pec- 

 toral ray having (but not invariably) a long filamentous ending. 

 Caudal lobed, the lower the longer. Scales 12 scutes posterior 

 to the base of the ventral fin, and about 23 anterior to it. Colour 

 upper surface of head and back green or greenish yellow, 

 sparingly dotted with black ; sides, abdomen, cheeks, and opercles 

 silvery ; dorsal, caudal, and anal yellow, some black dots on dorsal. 

 Ventrals and pectorals yellowish, the latter sometimes dark. The 

 edges and posterior margins of the caudal blackish. 



Hab. Seas and estuaries of India and the Malay Archipelago. 

 This fish attains at least 6 inches in length, and is eaten either 

 fresh or salted. 



501. (11.) Engraulis purava. 



Engraulis purava, CUD. fy Val. H. N. Poiss. xxi, p. 65 j Day, Fish. 

 India, p. 628, pi. clvii, fig. 2 (see synon.). 



Ptissai, Ooriah ; Nga bah and Showk-a-thin, Arracan ; Feddah-poor- 

 awah, Tel. 



B.xii. D.I + 13. P. 15. V.6. A.4.3-47. L. 1. 46. L. tr. 12. 



Length of head 5| to 6, height of body 4^ to 4^- in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 4| to 5 in length of head, diam. from 

 end of snout, and 1 apart. The maxilla reaches nearly to the base 

 of the pectoral tin. Fins pectoral reaches the ventral, which does 

 not extend halfway to the base of the anal. Anal commences be- 

 neath the posterior dorsal rays. Scales in regular horizontal 

 lines, with a fine row at the base of the dorsal and anal fins ; there 

 are 15 or 16 spiny scales between the throat and the base of the 

 ventral fin, and 10 or 11 between the ventral and the base of the 



