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diment known as "ikan merah" (red fish), highly esteemed 

 by natives as well as by Europeans in the colony. 



Synopsis of the species. 



I. Linea lat. 35 36. A. 9 S. delicatulus p. 20. 



II. Linea lat. 45. A. 13 S. gracilis p. 20. 



i. Spratelloides delicatulus (Benn.). 



Clupea delicatula Bennett, Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. I. 1831, p. 168. 



Chipea macassariensis Bleeker, Journ. Ind. Arch. III. 1849, p. 72. 



Clupeoidcs macassariensis Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852, Haring. p. 17. 



Spratelloides delicatulus Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 464. 



Spratelloides delicatulus Bleeker, All. Ichth. VI. 18661872, p. 96. 



Stolephorus delicatulus Jordan & Scale, Bull. Bur. Fish. XXV. 1906, p. 186. 



Spratelloides delicatulus Gunther, Fische der Siidsee, Heft VIII. 1909, p. 383. 



B. 6; D. II; A. 9; P. 12; V. 8; L. 1. 35 36; L. tr. 78. 



Elongate, nearly subcylindrical. Height 4 1 / 2 6, head 4 4*/ 4 , 

 eve 3/4 4> as l n g as snout. Maxillary reaching to front- 

 margin of eye or a little farther. Origin of dorsal nearer to 

 snout than to base of caudal. Anal a little longer than eye, 

 considerably shorter than ventrals, the origin of which lies 

 nearer to the anal than to the root of the pectorals and is in- 

 serted below the middle of the dorsal. Pectorals about as long 

 as eye and snout. Caudal deeply emarginated, 5 6 in length. 

 Covered part of scales with 3 to 5 longitudinal lines. 26 gill- 

 rakers, about twice as long as branchial filaments, shorter than 

 eye. The dark bluish back well defined from the silvery sides 

 and underside. Length 80 mm. 



Nom. indig. : Kasau (Ternate), Gusan (Saparua). 



Habitat: Singapore; Banka; Celebes (Macassar, Menado) ; 

 Saleyer!; Kangeang!; Siau ; Karkaralong islands!; Salibabu 

 (Lirung!); Obi major!; Ambon; Saparua; between Gisser and 

 Ceram laut ! ; Tiur; Banda; Ternate; Halmahera (Sindangoli); 

 between Fau and Gebe !. Philippines; Samoa; Bonham 



islands; Australia; Mauritius. 



2. Spratelloides gracilis (Schl.) [Fig. 12], 



Clupea gracilis Schlegel, Fauna Japontca Poiss. 1847, p. 238. 



Clupea argyrotaeniata Bleeker, Journ. Ind. Arch. III. 1849, p. 72. 



Spratelloides argyrotaenia Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852, Haring. p. 29. 



Spratelloides gracilis Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VI. 1868, p. 465. 



Spratelloides gracilis Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI, 1866 1872, p. 96. 



Stolephorus japonicus Jordan & Scale, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXVIII, 1905, p. 770. 



Stolephorus gracilis Evermann & Scale, Bull. Bur. Fish. XXVI. 1906, p. 53. 



