384 Mr. C. T, Regan on the Chipeid Fishes 



12. Sardinella melanura. 



Cltipatwdon sinensis, var., Lacen. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. pi. xi. fig. 3 



(1803). 

 Cliipea melannrn, Cnv. Regiie Anim. ed. 2, ii. p. .318 (1829). 

 Cliipeoniti commtrsoni, Cuv.& Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. x.\. p. t5oO (1847) ; 



.Sauvage, Hist. Madagascar Poiss. p. 494 (I89I). 

 Sjiratel/a jimbiHata, Eieek. Verb. Batav. Geuootsch. xxiv. 1852, 



llariiigacLt. p. 27. 

 JInnngula mvlanurns, Bleek. Nat. Tijd'^clir. Xed. Iiid. y. 1853, p. 245. 

 Cliipc'i (itricau ia,(i\xn\.\\. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 42() (181)8); Pkek. At], 



Iclith. vi. p. lOtJ, Cliip. pi. X. fig. 5 (1878) ; Day, Fish. India, p. 036, 



pi. clxiv. fig. 6 (1878); Weber & Beaufort, Fish. ludo-Austral. 



Arch.ii. p. 80(1913). 

 Clnppo sundaica, Bleek. All. Ichth, vi. p. 105, Clup. pi. xiii. fig. 5 



(1872). 

 ? JIaren(/ula melanura, Sauvage, Hist. Madagascar Poiss. p. 492, 



pi. xlviii. fig. 4. 



Dejith of body ?>\ to 4 in llie lengtli, leiif^tli of liead 4 to 

 4j. Snout as long as or a little longer than diameter of eye, 

 which is 3'| to 4 in the lengtli ot head ; maxillary extending 

 to below anteiior ^ of eye. o8 to 44 gill-raker.-5 on lower 

 ])art of anteiior arch. 44 to 46 scales in a longitudinal 

 serie.«, 12 oi 13 in a tran.sver.se serie.s ; ventral scutes sharply 

 keeled, Vd--10+n. Uor.'^al lb-19. Anal 16-18. Pelvics 

 8-rayed, below or a little in advance of middle of dorsal. A 

 dark spot at base of anterior dorsal rays; ends of caudal 

 lobes usually blackish. 



Indian Ocean and Arcliipelago. 



Four .si)ecimens, 115 to IGO mm. in total length, including 

 two received from Dr. Bleeker as IJ. m ehi ii iirus aud S. Jiinbri- 

 ata, which ap|)ear to be the specimens figured as C. alricauUa 

 and C. sundaica. 



13. Sardinella sirtn. 



Chiped sinn, Riipp. Neue Wirbelth. I'ische, p. 77, pi. xxi. fig. 1 



(1835-40) ; Guuth. Cat. Fi.^li. vii. p. 425 (18(J8) ; Weber & Beaufort, 



Fish. Indo- Austral. Archipel. ii. p. 62 (1913). 

 Sardinella leioyuster, Cuv. it ^'al. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xx. p. 270 (1847). 

 Hardinella leioyastroides, Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. lud. vii. lbo4, 



p. 255. 

 Clupea liof/aster, Bleek. A tl. Ichth. vi. p. 102, Clup. pi. iv. fig. 6 (1872) ; 



Klunzinger, Zool. Botan. (jes. Wieu, xxi. Ie71,p. 598; Weber & 



Beaufort, t. c. p. 61. 

 Clupen leiof/asfroides, Bleek. l. c. Chip. pi. xiv. fig. 2. 

 Clupea jmirjuis, Ciinth. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. x. 1872, p. 425, and 



BiEuchley's Cruise of the ' Curacoa,' p. 42G (1873) ; Weber «& 



Beaufort, t. c. p. 83. 



Depth of body 4^- to 5 in the length, length of head 4 to 

 A\- JSnout longer than diameter of eye, which is 3f to 4^ in 

 the length of iiead ; maxillary nearly or quite reaching 



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