7 6 



B. 6;D. 1819; A. 1619; p - 15 16; V. 8; L.I. 45; L.tr. 12. 

 Abdominal profile a little more convex than dorsal ; height 

 3 3 3 / 4 ; head 4 4^; eye 3 3 3 / 4 , 1 l 4t Vs shorter than postor- 

 bital part of head, equals the snout or is a little longer. Maxil- 

 lary reaches to pupil or not so far, 2 ! / 2 in head; 10 12 post- 

 frontal diverging striae. Operculum 2 ! / 2 ti mes as high as broad, 



lower margin straight-cut oblique, 

 suboperculum trapezoid, inferior 

 posterior angle rounded. Hind- 

 margin of praeoperculum feebly 

 emarginate, its angle rounded. 

 Dorsal midway between snout 

 and caudal, its origin nearer to 

 snout, its base equals its height. 

 Anal lower than dorsal but equal 

 to its length. Origin of ventrals 

 below the beginning of the second 



Fig. 27. Scale of Clupea (Harengtild) ... r . * . *f i M c 



fimbriata^ 6. thlrd f dorsaL Pectorals 3 / 4 of 



head ; caudal more than 4 times 



in body, scaly. Small teeth on palatines and tongue. Gillrakers 

 50-52, longest 3 / 5 - 3 / 4 of eye, half as long as breadth of operculum. 

 Scales partly with vertical lines the hinderpart with irregular 

 holes (Fig. 27), their margin striated, crenulated, even irre- 

 gularly dentated; 14 16 praedorsal median scales; 18 19 

 praeventral, 15 postventral scutes. Back dark-coloured, other- 

 wise silvery, black patch at origin of dorsal, other fins hyaline, 

 marginal part of caudal dusky. Length about 185 mm. 



Nomen in dig. : Tembang, tamban, tamban sisig (Malay.); 

 Tanjang (Sundan.). 



Habitat: Java (Batavia!, Bantam, Djungkulon, Kragan!, 

 Rembang!, Banjuwangi !); Onrust!; Sumatra (Benkulen, Trussa, 

 Siboga); Nias!; Singapore; Banka; Borneo (Balikpapan !, Kota 

 baru!); Bali; Celebes (Macassar !, Bonthain, Badjoa); Ambon. 

 Australia, Ponape, Tonga-Islands, Society-Islands, Fidji-Islands, 

 Marquesas Islands, Philippines, Malacca, China, British India, 

 South Arabia, Zanzibar. 



In sea. 



8. Clupea (Harengula) stereolepis (Ogilby). 



Harengulastereolcpsis I. D. Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) XXII. 1897, p. 759. 



D. 1517; A. 16; Sc. 45/12. 



