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culum, less than half length of head. Pectorals as long as or 

 a little longer than postorbital part of head, reaching to base 

 of ventrals. Teeth on jaws, vomer, palatines, pterygoids and 

 tongue. Twenty seven spinulous gillrakers, as long as the 

 eye. Scales thin, not readily deciduous, with anastomosing lines 

 forming a fine network on the hinder part of the scales. 

 Twenty three abdominal scutes, which extend to before pec- 

 torals, 8 of which are postyentral. Silvery, darker above. 

 Generally a blackish spot across the nape, reaching downwards 

 to the scapula. Fins hyaline, dorsal and caudal generally blackish 

 along their margin. Length to 112 mm. (A specimen of Blee- 

 ker's collection seen by us). 



Habitat: Java (Batavia, Surabaya); Madura; Bali;Banka; 

 Sumatra (Benkulen) ; Singapore; Borneo (Sampit, Sinkawang, 

 Sarawak); Celebes (Menado, Badjoa). Philippines, Cebu 

 (A. B. Meyer); Pongoor, Malacca (Peters);" China (Sauvage) ; 

 Bay of Bengal and Ceylon. 



In sea and estuaries. 



4. Engraulis malabaricus C. V. 



Engraulis malabaricus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons, XXI, 1848, p. 63. 

 Engraulis malabaricus Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII, 1868, p. 395. 

 Engraulis malabaricus A. B. Meyer, Ann.Soc.Esp. de Hist. Nat. t. XIV, 1885, p. 42. 

 Engraulis malabaricus Day, Fishes of India. 4. 1878 1888, p. 625. 



B. XII; D. i 4 14-15 p=~ 3 ); P. 14; V. 7; A. 40-43 



8=^)' C 20; L " h 39 - 4 ; L " tr ' "- 12 ' 

 "Length of head 5, of caudal S 1 /^ height of body 3 3 | 4 in the 

 total length. Eyes subcutaneous, diameter 4 3 / 2 in the length 

 of head, 3 / 4 of a diameter from end of snout, and i ! / 8 apart. 

 Snout slightly in advance of the lower jaw. Maxilla dilated 

 above the mandibular joint, it extends posteriorly to the gill- 

 opening. Teeth -- fine ones in the jaws and on the palate. Fins 

 - dorsal commences rather nearer to the snout than to the 

 base of the caudal fin. Anal commences behind the vertical 

 from the last dorsal ray. Pectoral reaches the base of the 

 ventral. Scales regularly arranged: 17 scutes before and 9 or 

 10 behind the base of the ventral fin. Gillrakers about V 2 tne 

 length of the eye, from 21 to 25 on the horizontal branch 

 of the outer branchial arch. Pseudobranchiae rudimentary. 



