398 TELEOSTEI. PHY8OSTOMI. 



which is the longest. /Scales 5 or 6 spiny before ventral fin, and 

 8 behind it ; they commence just behind the insertion of the pec- 

 toral fin. Pseudobranchise absent. Colour golden, with two or 

 three rows of round burnished golden spots along the lower half 

 of the side. 



Hob. Seas and estuaries of India to the Malay Archipelago ; 

 very numerous at Bombay. Attaining at least 7 inches in 

 length. 



510. (6.) Coilia borneensis. 



Coilia borneensis, Bleeker, Batav. Genootsch. Verhand. xxiv, Hariny. 

 p. 45 ; Day, Fish, India, p. 032, pi. clix, fig. 1 (see synou.). 



B. x. D. 1 + 14. P. G + ix-xii. V. 7. A. 77-95. L. 1. 76. L. tr. 9. 



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

 length. Eyes diameter 5 to 5| in length of head, 1 diam. from 

 end of snout, and 1| apart. Maxilla continued backwards as far 

 as the gill-opening. The distance between the snout and the 

 dorsal h'n is one fourth of the total length. Fins the 6 lower 

 pectoral rays short ; the 12 upper ones extend almost to the middle 

 of the length of the fish. The base of the anal equals two fifths 

 of the distance between the snout and the base of the caudal. 

 Scales 4 or 5 fine spines along the abdominal edge between the 

 bases of the pectoral and ventral fins; 5* behind the latter. 

 Colour golden ; fins yellowish, without any black marks. 



Hob. Madras, Burma (where it is common in the Irrawaddy 

 river), also the Malay Archipelago. 



Fourth group. DUSSUMIEEINA. 

 9. Genus DTJSSUMIEKIA, Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Branchiostegals numerous; pseudobranchiae well developed. 

 Gill-membranes entirely separate. Body somewhat elongate, 

 compressed ; abdomen rounded, not serrated. Snout pointed ; 

 upper jaw not projecting ; cleft of mouth moderate. Eyes with 

 broad adipose lids. Small fixed teeth in the jaws, and villiform 

 teeth on the palatines, pterygoids, and the tongue, but absent from 

 the vomer. Dorsal fin opposite to the ventral ; anal of moderate 

 length. Scales of medium or rather small size, very deciduous. 

 Pyloric appendages numerous. 



Geographical Distribution. From Sind throughout the seas of 

 India to the Malay Archipelago and China. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



L. 1. 52-5G 1. D. Jiasscltii. p. 309. 



1,. 1. 40-42 2. D. actita, p. 31)9. 



