65 



V 



B. 6; D. 1718; A. 1820; P. 1516; V. 79; L.I. 

 3941; L. tr. 1415. 



Oblong, compressed. Height 3 3 ! / 4 ; head 3 ! / 2 4; eye 

 4*/ 2 5'/ 2 , 2 ! / 8 3*/ 4 in postorbital part of head, about equal 

 to snout. Maxillary exceeds vertical through middle of eye, 

 2 2 ! / 4 in length of head. No postfrontal striae. Praeoperculum 

 with an obtuse rounded angle, operculum i ! / 2 i s / 4 higher 

 than broad, suboperculum tapering behind. Origin of dorsal 

 nearer to snout than to caudal; dorsal about as long at its 

 base as its height which is about half the height of the 

 body. Anal equals about the length of the dorsal but it is 

 lower. Pectorals about as long as the head excluding the 

 snout. Veritrals opposite to or a little behind middle of 

 dorsal. Caudal, especially in adult, much longer than the head. 

 Scales adherent, regularly arranged, longitudinally striated and 

 crenulated; 17 18 prae- and 12 13 postventral keeled ab- 

 dominal scutes. About 65 slender gillrakers at least as long 

 as the eye. Colour silvery, scales of back more or less con- 

 spicuously dark coloured, in the young with a dark shoulder- 

 spot. Fins light-coloured, caudal diffusely dark margined. Length 

 about 600 mm. 



Nomen in dig.: Terubuk padi (Bagan Api A pi). 



Habitat: Java (Batavia) ; Sumatra (Telokbetong, Bagan 

 Api Api!); Pinang; Singapore; Banka. Malay Peninsula; 

 Siam; Formosa; British India. 



In sea and aestuaries. 



2. Clupea (Alosa) macrura (Blkr.). 



Alausa macrurus Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852. Haringacht. p. 31. 



(secund. fig. et nomen Kuhl & v. Hasselt). 



Alaicsa macrurus Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. IV. 1853, p. 501. 

 Clupea macrura Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 448. 

 Alosa macrurus Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. 1872, p. 113. 



B. 6; D. 1718; A. 1 8 21; P. 1516; V. 78; L. 1. 

 4446; L. tr. 1415- 



Oblong, compressed, abdominal profile more convex than 

 dorsal one. Height 3; head 4 ^\^\ eye 4 ! / 3 5, 2 ! / 2 3 in 

 postocular part of head ; equal to snout. Maxillary reaches 

 pupil, goes 3 times in head. No striae on head. Praeoperculum 

 rounded behind ; operculum about 2 times as high as broad ; 

 suboperculum rounded behind. Origin of dorsal much nearer 

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