40 



Its - origin below last rays of dorsal. The pectorals reach the 

 ventrals. Caudal deeply incised. Seventeen gillrakers, shorter 

 than the eye. About 27 abdominal scutes, beginning at the 

 throat, 10 ii of which are postventral. Silvery, back dark, 

 fins hyaline. Length 200 mm. [Not seen by us]. 



Habitat: Pinang. Rangoon; both sides of India; Sind. 



In sea and estuaries. 



8. Engraulis setirostris (Brouss.). 



Clupea setirostris Broussonet, Ichthyol. Dec. I, 1782. 



Engraulis setirostris Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons XXI. 1848, p. 69. 

 Thryssa macrognathus Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen. XXII. 1849. Bijdr. Ichth. Ma- 

 dura, p. 14. 



Stolephorus setirostris Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. II. 1865, p. 291. 

 Engraulis setirostris Glinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 397. 

 Engraulis setirostris Bleeker, All. Ichth. VI. 1866 1872, p. 134. 

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

 Anchovia setirostris Jordan & Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fish. XXVI. 1908, p. 237. 

 Engraulis setirostris Giinther, Fische der Stidsee, Heft VIII. 1909, p. 379. 



Fig. 1 8. Engraulis setirostris (Brouss.). 



B. 10 II; D. I. 14 16; A. 34 38; P. 12 14; V. 6; 

 L. 1. 40 44; L. tr. 10 ir. 



Elongate, compressed, dorsal and ventral profile about equal. 

 Fronto-rostral profile convex. Height 3 4 / 5 to more than 4, head 

 4 3 / 5 5'/ 5 > eye 3 ! / 2 4- Snout bluntly rounded, hardly projec- 

 ting, 3 / 4 of eye. Maxillary strongly dilated at the mandibu- 

 lary joint, produced in a long filament, surpassing ventrals 

 and often reaching anal. Dorsal much nearer to caudal than 

 to snout. Its origin far behind origin of ventrals, about in the 

 middle between both. Its height about twice its length, as 

 long as head without snout. Anal about 3 in length. Its 

 origin below last dorsal ray. Ventrals more than twice the 



