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Subelongate, compressed. Height 5'/ 2 > head 6'/ 4 , eye about 5. 

 Snout slightly prominent, shorter than eye. Maxillary more 

 or less truncated behind, not reaching hindborder of praeoper- 

 culum. Dorsal more than twice as near to snout as to base 

 of caudal. Anal about i 2 / 3 in length of body. Ventrals inser- 

 ted slightly in front of origin of dorsal. The 19 upper rays 

 of pectorals produced, far surpassing origin of anal. Abdo- 

 minal scutes only between (2 3) and behind (9 10) ventrals. 

 Colour yellowish, back, dorsal and anal dusky. Length of 

 single specimen known 125 mm. (Not seen by us). 



Habitat: Borneo (Sinkawang). 



In estuaries. 



6. Coilia polyfilis Volz. 



Coilia polyfilis Volz, Zool. Anz. XXVI. 1903, p. 559. 



Coilia polyfilis Volz, Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. XIX. Heft 4, 1903, p. 408. 



D. 13; A. 86; L. lat? 



Height and head 5. Eye 5 ! / 2 - Maxillary broadens posteri- 

 orly, its greatest depth between the penultimate and last J /r,> 

 tapering rapidly behind that point. Its end reaches exactly 

 to the gillopening. Distance between origin of dorsal and 

 snout 4 times in the total length. Eleven rays of pectorals 

 free, reaching to first ray of anal. Belly rounded before ven- 

 trals, sharp behind ; 28 gillrakers, as long as diameter of eye. 

 Length of only specimen known 100 mm. (After Volz; not 

 seen by us). 



Habitat: Sumatra (Banju asin). 



7. Coilia borneensis Blkr. 



Coilia borneensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie II. 1851, p. 60. 



Coilia borneensis Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 403. 



Coilia (Coilia} borneensis Bleeker, All. Ichth. VI. livr. 25, 26. 1872, p. 139. 



? Coilia borneensis Day, Fishes of India 4. 18781888, p. 632. 



? Coilia borneensis Vinciguerra, Ann. Mus. Civ. Geneva (2) IX. 1890. p. 352. 



B. 910; D. 1 + 1314; A. 8287; P - l8 22; V. J\ 

 L. 1. 5860; L. tr. 10 n. 



Oblong, compressed. Height more than 4 to 5,head4 2 / 3 5, 

 eve 3 ! /2 to more than 4. Snout prominent, shorter than eye. 

 Maxillary produced almost to the gillopening. Dorsal about 



