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1845, p. 509 ; Sclileg., Faun. Japon., Pisces, p. 237, pi. cviii. fig. 1 



(1846). 

 IHsha abnormis (Gray), Richards, Ichth. China, p. 306 (1846). 

 PelUma vimbella, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xx. p. 317 (1847). 

 Pellona grayana, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 315 ; Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 



1852, Haring. p. 25 ; Kner, Novara Expd., Fische, p. 328 (1865). 

 Pellona qffinis, Cantor, J. As. Soc. Bengal, xviii. 1850, p. 1273. 

 Pellona sclilegelii, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxvi. 1854, Japan, p. 118. 

 ? Pristigaster chinensis, Basilewsky, Nouv. Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. x. 



1855, p. 243. 

 Pellona elongata, Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 456 (1868) ; Day, Fish. 



India, p. 643, pi. clxiv. fig. 3, pi. clxv. fig. 1 (1878) ; Jord. & Herre, 



Proo. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxxi. 1906, p. 635; Weber & Beaufort, Fish. 



Indo-Austral. Archipelago, ii. p. 90, fig. 30 (1913). 

 Ilisha elongata, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. vi. p. 119, Clup. pi. i. fig. 3 (1872). 

 - ? Pristigaster (Pristigaster) sinensis, Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) v. 



1881, p. 107. 

 ? Zimasia chinensis, Jord. & Metz, Mem. Carnegie Mus. vi. 1913, p. 7, 

 . pi. i. fig. 1. 



Depth of body 3^ to 4 in the length, length o£ head 

 34 to 4J. Ventral profile more convex tlian dorsal. Snout 

 a little shorter than diameter of eye, which is 3| to 4 in 

 length of head ; maxillary extending to below middle of eye 

 or a little beyond ; lower jaw strongly projecting. Ridges 

 on head run parallel posteriorly ; greatest distance between 

 them 3 to 3| in diameter of eye. 20-25 gill-rakers on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Scales 50-54/14-16 ; ventral scutes 

 24-28 + 12-15. Dorsal (15) 17-18 ; origin equidistant from 

 end of snout and base of caudal, or a little nearer former. 

 Anal (40) 44-52 ; origin below last dorsal rays ; length of 

 base 2| to 3|^ in length of body. Pelvics shorter than eye ; 

 inserted nearer base of pectoral than origin of anal. 



India to Malay Archipelago ; seas of China and Japan. 



Twelve specimens, 90-450 mm. in total length, including 

 the type of the species, the types of /. abnormis and schlegelii^ 

 and a specimen received from Dr. Bleeker as /. affinis. 



11. Ilisha novacula, 



? Pellona novacula, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xx. p. 319 (1847). 

 liisha novacula, Bleek. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. 1866, p. 302 ; Atl. 



Ichth. vi. p. 120, Clup. pi. xi. fig. 4 (1872). 

 Pellona novacula, Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 458 (1868); Weber & 



Beaufort, Fish. Indo-Austral. Archipelago, ii. p. 92 (1913). 



Depth of body 3^ in the length, length of head 4. Greatest 

 convexity of ventral profile below base of pectorals. Snout 

 a little sliorter than diameter of eye, which is 3 J in length 

 of head ; maxillary extending almost to below posterior 

 border of eye ; lower jaw strongly projecting. Ridges on 

 head diverge a little posteriorly ; greatest distance between 



