35 



D. I. 12; A. 3441; P. 13; V. 7; L. 1. 3 8 ^43; L- tr. lo. 



Elongate, compressed, dorsal and ventral profile nearly equal. 

 Height 3 3 / 4 4, head about 4 3 / 5 , eye 3 ! / 3 to more than 4. Snout 

 bluntly rounded, prominent, about 3 / 4 of eye. Maxillary obli- 

 quely truncated behind, its end reaching farther than mandi- 

 bulary joint. Dorsal a little nearer to snout than to caudal. 

 Its origin far behind origin of ventrals. Its height about twice 

 its length, which is nearly equal to length of head. Anal 

 2 4 / 5 3 in length, its origin behind dorsal. Ventrals i ! / 4 to more 

 than i'/ 2 diameter of eye. Their origin about midway between 

 anal and mandibulary joint. Pectorals as long as head without 

 snout, reaching to ventrals. Fine teeth on jaws, vomer, pala- 

 tines, pterygoids and tongue. Twenty gillrakers, rather stout, 

 flattened, with strong spines at the innerside, double as long 

 as branchial filaments, more than 3 / 4 of eye. Scales rather 

 adherent, with some fine vertical lines, some of which are 

 anastomosing at the hindborder. About 25 26 abdominal 

 scutes, beginning at the throat, the 10 11 postventral ones 

 the most prominent. Silvery, back darker, separated by a 

 more or less faint steel blue band. Length to 350 mm. 



Habitat: South-New Guinea (Lorentz river, Strickland 

 river). In freshwater. 



3. Engraulis kammalensis Blkr. 



Engraulis kammalensis Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen. XXII. 1849. Bijdr. Ichth. Ma- 

 dura, p. 13. 



Engraulis rhinorhynchos Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852. Haringacht. p. 40. 

 Engraulis rhinorhynchtis Kner, Fische Novara Exped. 1865 67, p. 334. 

 Engraulis rhinorhynchus Gitnther, Cat. Brit Mus. VII. 1868, p. 394. 

 Engraulis kammalensis Day, Fishes of India 4. 1878 88, p. 626. 



B. 10 II; D. I. 13 14; A. 32 35; P. II 12; V. /; 



L. 1. 35 38; L. tr. 9 10. 



Oblong, compressed, ventral profile more convex than dor- 

 sal. Height 3 ! / 4 3 2 / 5 head 3 3 / 4 4, eye 3 3% about as long 

 as snout, which is very prominent. Maxillary delated above 

 the mandibular joint, tapering behind, extending to the gill- 

 opening. Upper surface of head with a median keel. Origin 

 of dorsal, which is behind origin of ventrals, about midway 

 between snout and base of caudal. Height of dorsal twice its 

 length, about equal to head without snout. Origin of anal 

 behind origin of dorsal, its length about 3 times in length 

 of body. Ventrals about midway between anal and suboper- 



