240 SURGEON F. DAY ON INDIAN FISHES. [Mar. 4, 



fourth ray osseous, serrated, very strong, and as long as the head 

 without the snout ; caudal deeply forked. Lateral line strongly 

 marked in its first few scales, all the rows of scales regular. Colours 

 silvery, opercles golden. 



Hab. Rivers near the base of the Neilgherry Hills in Madras. 



I have much pleasure in naming this fish after my esteemed 

 friend A. C. Brisbane Neil], Esq. 



RoHTEE BAKERI, Sp. 110V. 



B. iii. D. 3/8. P. 13. V. 10. A. 3/11. L.1.44. L. tr. 8/7. 



Length of head from 4- to T 2 T , of caudal f- , height of body from 

 5 to f of the total length. Eyes longest transversely, diameter f 

 of length of head, | of a diameter from end of snout, and 1 diameter 

 apart. Profile over nape rather concave, a considerable rise to the 

 base of the dorsal fin. Mouth small, horseshoe-shaped; upper jaw 

 the longer. Barbels four, all very short. Fins : dorsal rather 

 higher than the body, and arising midway between the end of the 

 snout and the base of the caudal, its spine weak, as long as the 

 head, and serrated posteriorly in almost its whole extent ; caudal 

 deeply lobed, both of equal length. Scales, 5£ rows between the 

 lateral line and the base of the ventral fin. Colours silvery ; caudal 

 and dorsal edged with black. 



Hab. Cottayam, whence I have received three specimens up to 4 1 

 inches in length, collected by the Rev. H. Baker, after whom I have 

 named the species. 



Spratelloides malabaricus, sp. nov. 



B. vi. D. 14. P. 13. V. 8. A. 18. C. 17. L. 1. 38. L. tr. 9. 



Length of head, caudal fin, and height of body each ^ of the total 

 length. Eyes, diameter 3 of length of head, 1 diameter from end of 

 snout, I of a diameter apart. Body compressed ; abdomen neither 

 keeled nor serrated. Gill-membranes separated. Pseudobranchise 

 well developed. Snout pointed ; lower jaw the longer, and prominent. 

 The maxilla reaches to below the anterior edge of the orbit. No 

 osseous gular plate. Teeth minute and deciduous in both jaws. 

 Fins : dorsal commences slightly before the origin of the ventral, its 

 anterior rays being about as long as the head, its posterior ones 

 equalling one diameter of the orbit ; the fin commences midway 

 between the end of the snout and the base of the caudal fin, which 

 latter is deeply forked. Lateral line absent. Colours light yellowish 

 green superiorly, a silvery band along the side, and abdomen white. 

 Upper caudal lobe with a bluish posterior edge, some fine black 

 points along the back. Upper edge of eye dark green. 



Hab. Sea, ascending rivers in Malabar, and attaining 3 inches in 

 length. It is not uncommon. 



