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Stolephorus jqfionicus Jordan & Herre, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXXI. 1907, p. 629. 



(nee Houttuyn). 

 Spratelloides gracilis Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, Heft VIII. 1909, p. 384. 



B. 6; D. 12 13; A. 13; P. II 12; V. 8; L. 1. 45 ; L. tr. 8 9. 



Height 6 7, head more than 4 4 ! / 2 , eye 3*/ 2 4. Snout 

 pointed longer than eye. Maxillary reaching to frontmargin 

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

 than to base of caudal. Anal equal to i ! / 2 times the diameter 

 of eye, shorter than ventrals, which equal postocular part of 

 head. Origin of ventrals nearer to anal than to root of pecto- 

 rals, and below the hinderpart of the dorsal. Pectorals about 

 as long as eye and snout. Caudal deeply emarginated 5 6 

 in length. Four to 6 longitudinal lines on the covered part 

 of the scales. Twenty six gillrakers, twice as long as the bran- 

 chial filaments, a little shorter than eye. Dark bluish above, 

 silvery below. A silvery lateral band may be present. Length 

 more than 80 mm. 



Habitat: Celebes (Macassar); Kangeang islands!; Obi- 

 major!; Nusa-laut!; Banda!; Batjan; Ternate. Lord Howe 

 Island; Fidji islands; Philippines; Japan; Red Sea (Eritrea). 



2. Dussumieria Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



(Hist. Nat. des Poissons XX, 1847, p. 467). 



Elongate, more or less compressed. Scales moderate, thin, 

 very deciduous. Snout pointed, jaws equal. Eyes with broad 

 very thin adipose eyelids. Mouth bordered by the very small 

 intermaxillaries and the maxillaries, with have two supple- 

 mental bones. Dorsal opposite to ventrals, its origin nearer to 

 caudal than to end of snout. Anal small, far behind dorsal. 

 Small teeth in jaws, and in villiform patches on palatines, 

 pterygoids and tongue, none on vomer. Gillmembranes separate, 

 free from isthmus, with 15 20 very fine branchiostegals. Pseudo- 

 branchiae large. Gillrakers rather long. 



Synopsis of the species. 



A. Linea lat. 40 42 D. acuta p. 21. 



B. Linea lat. 52 56 D. hasseltii p. 23. 



i. Dussumieria acuta C. V. 



Dussumieria acuta Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons XX. 1848^.467. 

 Dussumieria elopsoides Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. XXII. 1849, Ichth. Madura, p. 12. 

 Dnssuinieria acuta Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal XVIII. 1850, p. 1268. 



