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II. Keeled scutes from mouth to anus. 



A. Maxillary not extended beyond gillopening. 



a. Origin of anal distinctly behind end of dorsal, 

 gillrakers 20 or more. 



1. 20 gillrakers, maxillary not reaching gill- 

 opening E. scratchley p. 34. 



2. 21 27 gillrakers, maxillary reaching gill- 

 opening. 



ot. 27 gillrakers, 23 ventral scutes, snout 



equal to eye, very prominent E. kammalensis p. 35. 



/3. 21 25 gillrakers, 27 ventral scutes, snout 



3 / 4 of eye, slightly produced E. malabaricus p. 36. 



b. Origin of anal below or slightly behind end 

 of dorsal, gillrakers 13, maxillary reaching gill- 

 opening E. grayi p. 37. 



B. Maxillary reaching at least to pectorals. 



a. Anal below or a little behind end of dorsal. 



1. Maxillary reaching root of pectorals. 



a.. Anal more than 3 times in length, gill- 

 rakers 13 E. mystax p. 38. 



|3. Anal 2 2 / 3 times in length, gill rakers 17 . E. purava p. 39. 



2. Maxillary reaching farther than pectorals. 

 a. Maxillary surpassing ventrals, 28 ventral 



scutes, gillrakers 12 E. setirostris p. 40. 



/3. Maxillary reaching ventrals or nearly so, 



25 ventral scutes, gillrakers 18 E. dussumieri p. 41. 



b. Anal before end of dorsal E. valendennesi p. 42 



i. Engraulis baelama (Forsk.). 



Clupea baelama Forskal, Descript. Animal. 1775, p. 72. 

 Clupea baelama Bloch, Schneider, Syst. Ichthyol. 1801, p. 429. 

 Engraulis baelama Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. XXI. 1848, p. 35. 

 Stolephorus encrasicholoides Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. I. 1863, p. 236. 

 Engraulis encrasicholoides Kner, Novara Exp. Fische 1865 1867. p. 333. 

 Engraulis encrasicholoides Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 387. 

 Engraulis boelama Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 393. 

 Engrattlis boelama Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. 1866 1872, p. 130. 

 Engraulis encrasicholoides Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. 1866 1872, p. 130. 

 Engratilis boelama Klunzinger, Verh. d. zool. bot. Ges. Wien. XXI. 1871, p. 597. 

 Engraulis boelama Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1871, p. 671. 

 Engraulis boelama Day, Fishes of India 4. 1878 1888, p. 626. 

 Engraulis boelama Gunther, Fische d. Siidsee, Heft VIII. 1909, p. 379. 



B. 11 13; D. I. 15; A. 2730; V. 7; P. 1214; L. 1. 

 3638; L. tr. 9. 



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