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lines. They cover dorsal, anal and caudal. Large axillary 

 scales at pectorals and ventrals. Abdominal scutes 30 32, 

 the 10 postventral and the praepectoral ones being the most 

 prominent. Yellowish with silvery hue. Fins hyaline. Length 

 to 170 mm. 



Habitat: Java (Batavia!, Surabaya, Pasuruan); Madura; 

 Sumatra (Benkulen); Pinang; Singapore; Banka; Borneo 

 (Pamangkat, Sinkawang, Sungiduri, Pontianak, Sarawak, Balik 

 papan !). Westward to British India. 



In sea and estuaries. 



2. Lycothrissa (Giinther) Bleeker. 



(Giinther. Cat. Brit. Mus. VII, 1868, p. 399 as subgenus. Bleeker, 

 All. ichth. VI. 18661872, p. 125). 



Elongate, compressed. Scales moderate, thin, deciduous, with 

 irregular curved transverse lines. Not very prominent abdo- 

 minal scutes only between pectoral and anus. Snout promi- 

 nent. Mouth oblique. Head small. Maxillary narrow, exten- 

 ding to the mandibular joint, its supplementary bone only 

 partially ossified. Origin of dorsal behind origin of anal, which 

 is very long. Upper pectoral ray not produced. Small teeth 

 on vomer, palatines, pterygoids and tongue, those in the jaws 

 caninoid, especially the few of the lower jaw. 



Lycothrissa crocodilus (Blkr.). 



Engraulis crocodilus Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie, I. 1851, p. 15. 

 Engrarilis crocodilus Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII, 1868, p. 400. 

 Lycothrissa crocodilus Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. 1 866 1872, p. 125. 





Fig. 1 6. Lycothrissa crocodilus Blkr. y 2 n. s. 



B. 12; D. I. 1213; A. 4648; P. I- 13 14; v - 7; L-l- 

 46 50; L. tr. 10 ii. 



Elongate, compressed, abdominal profile convex, dorsal 



