CLUPEIDJE. 395 



504. (14.) Engraulis tri. 



Eograulis tri, Blether, Baton. Oenootsch. Verhand. xxiv, Haritiy. 

 p. 40 ; Day, Fish. India, p. 630, pi. clviii, fig. 6 (see synon.). 



B. xi. D. 1 + 14-15. P. 13. V. 7. A. 20-22. 0. 17. L. 1. 38. L. tr. 8. 



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

 length. Eyes diameter 3- in length of head, % to f diam. from 

 end of snout, and 1 apart. Snout projecting considerably beyond 

 the jaws. Maxilla reaching to the gill-opening. Fins ventrals in- 

 serted on a lino anterior to origin of dorsal. Anal commences under 

 middle of dorsal. Soaks regularly arranged and not very decidu- 

 ous. Four long slender scutes before ventral fin. Colour silvery 

 shot with purple. A silvery baud passes from opposite the eye to 

 the base of the caudal fin ; a dark spot behind occiput. 



Sab' From Bombay through the seas and estuaries of India to 

 the Malay Archipelago. This fish ascends the Hooghly as high as 

 Calcutta. It attains about 4 inches in length. 



8. Genus COILIA, Gray. 



Syn. Afystus, Lacep. ; Trichosoma, Swains. ; Chcetomus, McClelland ; 

 Collia, Schleg. ; Leptonurus, Bleaker. 



Branchiostegals nine to eleven. Body elongated, compressed, and 

 tapering to a pointed tail ; abdomen trenchant and serrated. Snout 

 pointed and projecting. Mouth cleft to behind the eye ; the 

 maxilla produced behind. Teeth on the jaws, vomer, palatine, and 

 pterygoid bones, also on the tongue. A single rather short dorsal 

 fin placed in the anterior portion of the back ; anal elongated and 

 confluent with the caudal; some of the upper pectoral rays pro- 

 duced into moderately thick filaments. Scales of moderate or 

 small size. 



Geographical Distribution. Indian and Chinese seas and estuaries. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



A. The maxilla does not extend behind the 



head. 



P. 5-6+xii, A. 116, L. 1. 55 1. C. reynaUi, p. 39C>. 



P. 6+vi, A. 1)5-110, L. 1. 70 2. C. ramearati, p. 396. 



P. 6+vi, A. 75, L. 1. 58 3. C. cantoris, p. 3915. 



P. 6+vi, A. 42 4. C. quadrigesimalis, p. 397. 



B. The maxilla extends behind the head. 

 P. 9+v-vi, A. 105. Two or three rows 



of rftund yellow spots 5. C. dussumieri, p. 397. 



p. 6+ix-xii, A. 77-95. No spots 0. C. borneensis, p. 393. 



