Abdominal profile nearly equal t6 dorsal or conspicuously 

 more convex. Height 2 ! / 2 2 3 / 4 ; head 4 4 ! / 4 , nearly as deep 

 as long; eye 3 3 ! / 3 , shorter than postorbital part of head, 

 not much longer than snout. Maxillary reaches to middle of 

 eye or not so far, 2 2 ! / 2 in head, 4 9 striae on postfrontal 

 part of head. Operculum rather more than twice as high as 

 wide, its lower straight-cut margin is oblique. Suboperculum 

 rhombic, its inferior posterior angle rounded ; posterior margin 

 of praeoperculum straight, its angle rounded. Dorsal a little 



Fig. 25. Clupea (Harengula) bra'chysoma Blkr. 



nearer to base of caudal than to snout, its origin much nearer 

 to snout; its base about as long as its height, which is about 

 two times the height of the body. Anal much lower than 

 dorsal, its base a little shorter than that of dorsal. Ventrals 

 below or a little behind middle of dorsal. Pectorals longer 

 than head without snout. Caudal about 3 J / 2 in body, scaly. 

 Fine teeth on jaws, palatines, pterygoids and tongue. Gill- 

 rakers about 60, half as long as eye and equal to 3 / 4 f 

 breadth of operculum. Scales with an irregularly crenulated, 

 incised and striated margin with irregular rows of ovale holes, 

 on peduncle of tail with numerous reticulated and waved 

 ridges; 15 praedorsal median scales; 17 praeventral and 12-13 

 postventral conspicuous scutes. Colour of back dark, otherwise 

 silvery; a dark spot on base and on top of dorsal, often on 

 tips of caudal and behind the operculum, both disappearing in 

 preserved specimens. Length more than 170 mm. 



No men in dig.: Timbang (Batavia), Tanjan (Sundan.). 



Habitat: Java (Batavia!, Tjiringin, Palabuan); Sumatra 

 (Benculen, Padang, Priaman); Banka; Borneo (Baram) ; Am- 

 boina. Australia; China; British India. ' 



In sea. 



