CLUPEID.S. 397 



Pectoral rays short, the free ones not reaching so far as to the 

 anal fin. Length of base of anal rather above one half the total 

 length. Scales 5 spines on the abdominal edge before the ventral 

 h'n and 10 behind it. Colour without marks. 



Hab. One young example, nearly 4 inches long, was captured 

 in the Hooghly. The above description is from the type. 



508. (4.) Coilia qnadrigesimalis. 



Coilia quadragesimalis, Cuv. 8f Val. H. N. Poiss. xxi, p. 83 ; Day, 

 Fish. India, p. 631 (see synon.). 



B. x. D. 15. P. 6 + vi. V. 8. A. 42. C. 25. 



Height of body 4| in the total length. Eyes small. Mouth 

 obtuse*, the maxilla does not extend posteriorly behind the angle 

 of the jaw. Fins dorsal inserted at the posterior end of the 

 first third of the body. Pectoral short, its six free rays equal to 

 one half the total length. The anal commences a little before the 

 middle of the total length. Colour silvery shot with gold, and 

 having nacreous reflexions ; fins yellowish. 



Hab. One example, 6 (French) inches long, from the Ganges. 



509. (5.) Coilia dussumieri. (Fig. 122.) 



Coilia dussumieri, Cuv. $ Val. It. N. Poiss. xxi, p. 81, pi. 610 ; Day, 

 Fish. India, p. 631, pi. clviii, fig. 8 (see synon.). 



Oorialli, Ooriah ; Mdndeli, Marathi. 

 B. xi. D. 1+13-14. P.9 + v-vi. V. 7. A. 105. C. 12. L. 1. 80. L. tr. 9. 



Length of head 6 to 6J, height of body 5 in the total length. 

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

 snout, and 1| apart. Maxilla extending posteriorly to the gill- 



Fig. 122. Coilia dttssumieri. 



opening. Snout projecting beyond the mouth. The distance be- 

 tween the snout and the first dorsal ray is one fourth of the total 

 length. Fins 6 upper pectoral rays produced to about the middle 

 of the length of the fish. Ventral inserted below middle of dorsal 

 fin. Length of base of anal nearly equal to three fourths of dis- 

 tance between gill-opening and base of caudal fin, the upper ray of 



