of Chipeid Fishef!. 9 



them \ diameter of eye. 20 gill-rakers on lower part of 

 anterior areh. Scales 45/14-15 ; ventral scutes prominent, 

 24 + 10. Dorsal 17; origin nearer base of caudal than end 

 of snout, equidistant from former and anterior border of eye. 

 Anal 42 ; orioin below posterior half of dorsal ; length of 

 base 3_^ in length of body. Pelvics • shorter than eye ; 

 inserted a little nearer base of pectoral than origin of anal. 



Burma ; Java ; China. 



A single specimen, 200 mm. in total length, from Java. 



12. Ilisha macrog aster. 



Ilisha macrogaster, Bleek. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. 1866, p. 300 ; 



Atl. Ichth.' vi. p. 121, Clup. pi. xiii. fig. 4 (1872). 

 Pello7ia macrogaster, Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 4o8 (1868); Weber & 



Beaufort, Fish. Indo- Austral. Archipelago, ii. p. 93 (1913). 



Depth of body about 3 in the length, length of head 4. 

 Ventral profile, especially anteriorly, much more convex 

 than dorsal. Snout shorter than diameter of eye, which is 

 2^ to 2J in length of head ; maxillary extending to below 

 anterior part of eye ; lower jaw moderately projecting. 

 Kidges on head run parallel posteriorly; greatest distance 

 between them 3|- to 3f in diameter of eye. 21-24 gill- 

 rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales 50/15 (?) ; 

 ventral scutes prominent, 26 + 10. Dorsal 16-17; origin 

 very little nearer end of snout than base of caudal. Anal 

 47-48 ; origin below posterior half of dorsal ; length of base 

 2^ to 2| in length of body. Pelvics shorter than eye; 

 inserted nearer base of pectoral than origin of anal. 



Rivers of Borneo. 



Two specimens, 125 and 130 mm. in total length, 

 including the type of the species. 



13. Ilisha xanthoptera. 



Pellona xanthoptera, Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. ii. 1851, p. 439; 

 Verh. Bat. Geu. xxiv. 1852, Haring. p. 49 ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. ^ii. 

 p. 457 (1868); Weber & Beaufort, Fish. Indo-Austral. Archi- 

 pelago, ii. p. 94 (1913). 



Ilisha xanthoptera, Bleek. Atl, Ichth. vi. p. 122, Clup. pi. vii. lig% 3 

 (1872). 



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

 3| to 4. Ventral profile much more convex than dorsal. 

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

 length of head ; maxillary extending to below anterior part 

 or middle of eye ; lower jaw strongly projecting. Ridges on 

 head run parallel posteriorly; greatest distance between 

 them 3J^ to 4 in diameter of eye. 21-23 gill-rakers on lower 



