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6. Fam. CLUPEIDAE. 



Oblong or elongate, more or less compressed. Belly often 

 with a serrature. Scales cycloid, sometimes with a pectinated 



Fig. 9. Skull of Dussumieria acuta (after Ridewood) an angular, ar articular, 

 d dentary. e entopterygoid, ec ectopterygoid, ft temporal foramen, // hyo- 

 mandibular, i interopecular, im intermaxilla, m maxilla, n nasal, o opercular, 

 or circumorbital bones, p preopercular, s supplemental bones of maxilla, 

 so subopercular, st supratemporal. 



Fig. 10. Skull of Coilia nasus (after Ridewood). pt posttemporal ; for other 

 explanation of lettering see Fig. 9. 



border. Head naked. Cleft of mouth small or very wide. 

 Teeth mostly small, often feeble or wanting, very rarely cani- 



