269 



It. Anus conspicuously before first dorsal; situated be- 

 tween ventrals, at least between their tip. Vertical 

 through origin of first dorsal nearer to anal than to 

 base of ventrals. 



1. Pectorals 5 times or less in total length. Tip of 

 ventrals reaching vertical through origin of first 

 dorsal. That vertical separated from vertical through 



anus by 3 scales. Lateral scales 34 36 A. eendrachtensis p. 270. 



2. Pectorals more than 5 times in total length. Tip 

 of ventrals only by exception reaching vertical 

 through origin of first dorsal. 



a. Vertical through anus and vertical through 



origin of first dorsal separated by 7 8 scales. A. vahnciennesi p. 272. 



b. Vertical through anus and vertical through 

 origin of first dorsal separated by 3 4 scales. 

 a. Lateral scales 42 45. Origin of first dorsal 



opposite to I5th (i6th) scale, that of second 

 dorsal opposite to 25th (26th) scale. Anus 



opposite to I2th I4th scale ....'... A. forskali p. 274. 

 0. Lateral scales 35 40. Origin of first dorsal 

 opposite to 1 3th I4th scale, that of second 

 dorsal opposite to 2ist 23rd scale. Anus 

 opposite to Qth loth scale A. duodecimalis p. 275. 



i. Atherina temmincki Blkr. 



YAthtrina brachypterus Bleeker. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie II. 1851, p. 243. 

 Atherina Temminckii Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. V. 1853, p. 506. 

 Atherina Temmincki Jordan & Scale, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. Wash. XXVIII. 



!905, P- 774- 



* Athcrina uisila Jordan & Scale, Bull. Bur. Fish. Wash. XXV. (1905) 1906, p. 216. 

 Atherina temminckii Evermann & Scale, Bull. Bur. Fish. Wash. XXVI. 1906, p. 59. 

 Atherina Temminckii Max Weber, Siboga-Expeditie, Fische 1913, p. 135. 

 Atherina temmincki Max Weber, Revision indo-austr. Art. v. Atherina, Zoolog. 



Mededeel. Mus. Leiden VI. 1921, p. 52. 



D 1 . VI; D 2 . I II. 89; A. II. 10 I I; V. I. 5; P. I II, 15 17; 

 L.I. 4044; L.tr. 6. 



Somewhat cylindrical, back broad, flat, breadth of trunk 

 equal to or somewhat less than its height. Height 6 % to nearly 

 8 in total length. Head 4.5 to slightly more than 5 in total 

 length; pointed, its upper surface nearly flat and rectilinear; 

 jaws equal; mouth small; maxillary obliquely ascending, rea- 

 ching frontborder of eye; snout much shorter than eye, about 

 3.8 4 times in head. Eye 2.5 to less than thrice in head, 



