18 Mr. J. R. Norman — A Revision 



Pellona Jioevenii, Bleek. Vevli. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 1852, Baring-, p. 21; 



Nat. Tijdschr. JN'ed. Ind. iii. 1852, p. 712; Gunth. Cat. Fish. vii. 



p. 455 (1868J; Day, Fish. IMia, p. 644, pi. clxv. fig. 6 (1878); 



Weber & Beaufort, Fish. Indo-Austral. Archipelago, ii. p. 86 



(1913). 

 Pellona ditchoa (part.), Giinth. t. c. p. 455. 



m&ha hoevenii, Bleeli. AtL Ichth. vi.p. 117, Clup, pi. xi. fig. 2 (1872). 

 ? Pellona natalensis, Gilchrist & Thompson, Ami. S. Atr. Mas. vi. 



1908, p. 202. 

 llisha indica (non Swainson), Bouleng. Cat. Afr. Fish. i. p. 163, 



fig. 130 (1909). 



Depth of body 2| to 3| in the length, length of head 3^ 

 to 3|. Ventral profile a little more convex than dorsal. 

 Snout shorter than diameter of eye, which is 2^ to 3 in 

 length o£ head ; maxillary extending to below anterior part 

 or middle of eye ; lower jaw a little projecting. Ridges o.i 

 head converge posteriorly ; greatest distance between them 

 3^ to 3J in diameter of eye. 20-25 gill-rakers on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Scales 40-44/12-13 ; ventral scutes 

 18-19 + 7-8. Dorsal 17-19; origin nearer end of snout 

 than base of caudal. Anal (33) 34-37; origin below or a 

 little behind last dorsal ray ; length of base 3^ to 3f in 

 length of body. Pelvics shorter than eye ; inserted midway 

 between origin o£ anal and base of pectoral, or a little nearer 

 latter. Dorsal powdered with brown. 



East Africa to Indo- Australian Archipelago. 



Fifteen specimens, 60 to 170 mm. in total length, in- 

 cluding one of the types of N, hoevenii. 



2. Neosteus flavipinnis. 



Pristigaster flavipinnis, Valenc, B'Orbigny, Voy. Amer. Merid., 



Poissons, pi. X. fig. 2 (1839). 

 Pellona orhiynyana, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xx. p. 302 (1847). 



Depth of body 3^ to 3^ in the lengtli, length of head 

 about 4. Ventral profile much more convex than dorsal. 

 Snout shorter than diameter of eye, which is 3| to 4^ in 

 length of head ; maxillary extending to below middle of 

 eye ; lower jaw strongly projecting. Kidges on head almost 

 ])arallel posteriorly; greatest distance between them 2 J in 

 diameter of e\ e. 30-31 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Scales 61-66/19-20; ventral scutes 22-23 + 11-12. 

 Dorsal 17; origin equidistant from each end of snout and 

 base of caudal. Anal 37-38 ; origin behind dorsal ; length 

 of base 3| to 3i in length of body. Pelvics longer than eye ; 

 inserted much nearer base of pectoral than origin of anal. 

 Axillary scale of pectoral not reaching middle of first ray. 



Buenos Ayres. 



Two specimens_, 160 and 285 mm. in total length. 



