maxillaries "which do not meet in a symphysis, and by the 

 long narrow maxillary which may be produced and which 

 has two supplemental bones. Teeth in a single row in the 

 jaws, usually small, rarely caninoid. Small teeth on vomer, 

 palatines, pterygoids and tongue. Dorsal rather short, above 

 or before anal, which is usually long. Gillmembranes more 

 or less united, free from isthmus. Seven to 19 branchiostegals. 

 Gillrakers long and slender. Pseudobranchiae present. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



I. Caudal forked, not united with the anal. 



A. Scutes at least between pectorals and anal. Silvery hue 

 is missing only on back. 



a. Upper pectoral ray produced. A. 50 75 and 2 2^. 2 



in length Setipinna p. 27. 



b. No pectoral ray produced. A. 30 50, 3 5 in length. 



1. teeth in jaws partly caninoid. L. 1. 50. Origin 



of D. behind origin of A Lycothrissa p. 31. 



2. teeth in jaws not caninoid. L. 1. 35 45. Origin 



of D. before origin of A Engraulis p. 32. 



B. Scutes only between pectorals and ventrals. Silvery 



hue limited to a lateral band Stolephorus p. 43. 



II. Caudal pointed, united with the very long anal. Tail long 

 and tapering. A. 62116, i'/ 2 2Y 4 in length. Upper 

 pectoral rays produced Coilia p. 43. 



i. Setipinna Swainson. 



(Nat. Hist. II. 1839, p. 1 86). 



Oblong to elongate, very compressed. Head small, scales 

 moderate, thin more or less deciduous with fine undulating 

 lines which may form a network. Abdominal scutes from the 

 throat to the anus. Dorsal with a short pungent spine, its 

 origin before or behind origin of anal. Anal very long, with 

 50 66 rays. Upper pectoral ray more or less produced. 

 Cleft of mouth very oblique, maxillary not reaching much 

 farther than mandibular joint. Teeth on jaws, vomer, palatines, 

 pterygoids and tongue. Gillrakers widely set, not more than 

 1 8, with spines on the innerside. Radii branchiostegi numerous. 



