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ones in a single series on jaws. Gillrakers about 20 23, l / 3 

 longer than branchial filaments, shorter than pupil. Scales 

 deciduous, thin, with a single vertical line, margin slightly 

 and irregularly crenulated. 23 27 abdominal scutes, about 9 

 of which are postventral. Silvery with a brownish back (in 

 alcohol). Fins hyaline, margin of dorsal and caudal more or 

 less dark. Length about 180 mm. 



Habitat: Java (Batavia !, Bantam, Anjer, Tjiringin); Sumatra 

 (Padang, Tiku, Priaman); Singapore; Celebes (Macassar!, Bon- 

 thain; Badjoa; Pare Pare!); Halmahera (Sindangola) ; Obi- 

 major; Ambon; Ceram (Wahai). -- Philippines; Siam to Coro- 

 mandel coast of India. 



In sea. 



2. Pellona kampeni n. sp. 



B. 6; D. 1516; A. 42; P. 15; V. 7; L.I. about 44; L. tr. 

 about 15. 



Oblong, compressed, ventral profile a little more convex 

 than dorsal one, profile of nape straight. Height 3 3 / 4 , head 

 3 4 / 3 , eye about 3, as long as snout. Two pairs of diverging 

 ridges on the surface of the head, the posterior portions of 

 which run nearly parallel. Maxillary reaches to below middle 

 of eye, twice in head, its oral border without supplemental bone 

 (cf. P. hoevenii] but with a ligament instead. Chin very prominent. 

 Origin of dorsal a little nearer to snout than to caudal, nearly in 

 the middle, i ! / 3 diameter of eye behind ventrals, which are 

 situated nearer to the anal than to the suboperculum. Ventrals 

 very short. Anal almost 3 in length, its anterior part opposite 

 to posterior half of dorsal. Caudal deeply incised. Scales deci- 

 duous, thin, smooth, 25 26 abdominal scutes, 7 behind ven- 

 trals. Gillrakers 20, spinulous all round, a little longer than 

 branchial filaments, 3 / 4 of pupil. Length 150 mm. 



Habitat: Java (Batavia !) ; Borneo (Balikpapan !). 



In sea and estuaries. 



3. Pellona brachysoma Blkr. 



Pellona brachysoma Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen. XXIV. 1852, Haringacht. p. 22. 

 Pellona brachysoma Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 456. 

 Ilisha brachysoma Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. livr. 25, 26. 1872, p. 118. 

 Pellona brachysoma Day, Fishes of India 4. 1878 1888, p. 645. 



B. 6; D. 1617; A. 47 49; P. 16; V. 7; L.I. 40 42; 

 L. tr. 15 16. 



