4 6 



midway between anal and base of pectorals. Pectorals a little 

 longer than postocular part of head, not reaching ventrals. Caudal 

 deeply incised, 4 4 J / 3 in length. Nineteen to 20 flattened 

 gillrakers, spinulous along the innerside, more than twice as 

 long as branchial filaments, about 3 / 4 of eye. Scales very de- 

 ciduous, thin, with faint vertical lines, rounded behind. Seven 

 abdominal scutes with prominent spines between pectorals 

 and ventrals. Brownish with a silvery lateral band, becoming 

 widest posteriorly. Fins hyaline, caudal powdered with dark. 

 Length 125 mm. 



Norn, in dig.: Teri, Teri nasi, Teri glaga (Mai. Batavia); 

 Bilis (Bintang); Gnafti (Batjan) ; Puti (Menado). 



Habitat: Java (Batavia!, Semarang!, Bantam, Anjer, Djun- 

 kulon, Cheribon, Tegal, Surabaya, Pasuruan, Besuki, Banju- 

 wangi); Madura; Bali; Sumatra (Benkulen, Padang, Tiku, 

 Priaman); Nias ! ; Singapore; Bintang (Rio); Banka; Borneo 

 (Pamangkat, Balikpapan !); Celebes (Macassar, Bonthain, Bad- 

 joa, Manado); Kangeang ! ; Sangir; Salibabu island (Lirung) ! ; 

 Ternate; Batjan; Ambon; Schouten Islands (Mysore). Phi- 

 lippines; westward to British India and seas of Madagascar. 



In sea. 



4. Stolephorus indicus (v. Hass.). 



Engratdis indicus van Hasselt, Algem. Konst- en Letterbode 1823, p. 329. 

 Engraulis balinensis Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. XXII. 1849. Bijdr. Ichth. Bali, p. n. 

 Engraulis Broivnii Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal XVIII. 1850, p. 1285 (nee Gm.) 

 Engraulis Russelli Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852. Haringacht. p. '$8. 

 Engraulis Russelli Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 390. 

 Stolephows indicus Bleeker, All. Ichth. VI. 1866 1872, p. 127. 

 Engraulis indicus Day, Fishes of India 4. 1878 1888, p. 629. 

 Anchovia indica Jordan & Herre, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXXI. 1906, p. 638. 

 Engraulis indicus Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, Heft VIII. 1909, p. 377. 



B. 11 13; D - l6; A. 19 21; P. 14 16; V. / ; L.I. 40; 

 L. tr. 89. 



^ Elongate. Height 5 - 5 '/ a , head 3 3 / 4 -4'/5> eye 3 2 /5~3 3 /4- 

 Snout bluntly rounded, very prominent, more than 3 / 4 of eye. 

 Maxillary broadened above mandibular joint, reaching to 

 frontborder of praeoperculum. Dorsal about midway between 

 end of snout and end of caudal, its origin much nearer to 

 base of caudal than to point of snout, far behind origin of 

 ventrals. Anal 5 2 / 3 6 in length, about as long as head without 

 snout, its origin below the middle of dorsal. Ventrals a little 



