6 7 



operculum obtuse rounded; operculum more than twice as 

 long as high. Lower margin of suboperculum rounded and 

 tapering behind. Origin of dorsal about the length of postor- 

 bital part of head nearer to snout than to caudal; the length 

 of dorsal equal to postorbital part; its highest ray about half 

 height of body. Anal as long as dorsal, its highest ray equals 

 the ' eye. Pectorals shorter than head without snout. Ventrals 

 opposite to middle of dorsal. Caudal about as long as the 

 head. Scales adherent, nearly smooth, not crenulated. Seven- 

 teen praeventral and 12 postventral keeled abdominal scutes, 

 the lastnamed are the stronger. About 64 bipinnate gillrakers, 

 about as long as the eye. Colours in alcohol silvery with a 

 golden hue, back dark grey with indication of a dark longi- 

 tudinal line. Fins hyaline, dorsal darktipped and caudal with 

 a dark margin. A dark patch on the shoulder. Length to 

 about 140 mm. 



Habitat: Java (Tjilatjap! Dirk de Vries bay!); Sumatra 

 (Padang). 



In sea. 



4. Clupea (Alosa) brevis Blkr. 



Alosa brevis Bleeker, Journ. Ind. Arch. II. N<>. 9. 1848. p. 638. Atl. Ichth. 

 VI. 1872, p. 116. 



B. 6; D. 18; A. 18? P. 17; V. 8. 



Height nearly 3 in total length, head 4 in body. Eyes 3. 

 Dorsal and ventral profile both convex, caudal forked. Back 

 dark bluish, sides and belly yellowish silvery. Fins yellow. 



Habitat: Sumbawa (Bima) in sea. 



Note: Shortly after publishing the first very insufficient 

 description, Bleeker lost the only specimen known. Nothing 

 more is known about this species. 



5. Clupea (Alosa) kanagurta (Blkr.). 



Alausa ilisha Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852. Haringacht., p. 33. (nee 



Cltipanodon ilisha II. Buch.). 



Alausa kanagurta Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852. Haringacht/, p. 34. 

 Alosa malayana Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. III. 1866, p. 294. 

 Alausa ilisha Kner, Fische Novara-Reise, 1865 1867, p. 331. 

 Clupea ilisha Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 445. (pro parte). 

 Alosa kanagurta Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. 1872, p. 114. 

 Alosa malayana Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. 1872, p. 114. 

 Clupea kanagurta Day, Fishes of India 4. 1878 1888, p. 640. 



