of Clupeid Fishes. 7 



Depth of body 3| in the lengtli, length of head 4|. 

 Ventral profile, especially anteriorl}^, much more convex 

 than dorsal. Snout a little shorter than diameter of eye, 

 which is 3| in length of head ; maxillary extending nearly 

 to below middle of eye; lower jaw strongly projecting. 

 Ridges on head diverge posteriorly ; greatest distance 

 between them 2| in diameter of eye. 17 gill-rakers on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Scales 50/14-15 ; ventral scutes 

 prominent, 27 + 12. Dorsal 17 ; origin much nearer base 

 of caudal than end of snout, equidistant from former and 

 anterior edge of eye. Anal 48 ; origin below first dorsal 

 ray; length of base 2^ in length of body. Pelvics shorter 

 than eye ; inserted nearer base of pectoral than origin of 

 anal. 



Java, Borneo. 



A single specimen, 160mm. in total length; type of the 

 species. 



9. Ilisha amhlyuropterus. 



Pellona amhlyuropterus, Bleek. Verb. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 1852, Haring. 



p.^ 21 ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 459 (1868) ; Weber & Beaufort, 



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

 Ilisha amhlyuropterus, Bieek. Atl. Ichth. vi. p. 113, Clup. pL iv, fig. 4 



(1872). 



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

 profile more convex than dorsal. Snout a little shorter than 

 diameter of eye, which is 4^ in length of head ; maxillary 

 extending to below middle of eye or beyond ; lower jaw 

 strongly projecting. Ridges on head diverge posteriorly ; 

 greatest distance between them J diameter of eye. 16 gill- 

 rakeis on lower part of anterior arch. Scales 52-53/15-16; 

 ventral scutes 27 + 12. Dorsal 17; origin much nearer base 

 of caudal than end of snout, equidistant from former and 

 middle of eye. Anal 47 (47-53) ; origin below anterior 

 third of dorsal ; length of base 2f in length of body. Pelvics 

 shorter than eye; inserted a little nearer base of pectoral 

 than origin of anal. 



Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



A single specimen, 330 mm. in total length, from 

 Dr. Bleek er^s collection. 



10. Ilisha elongata. 



Alosa elongata, Bennett, Mem. Life BafRes, p. 691 (1830). 



Clupea affinis, Gray, 111. Ind. Zool., i. pi. xcvi. (1835). 



Flatygaster affinis, Swainson, Nat. Hist. ii. p. 294 (1839). 



? Clupea melastoma (nou Block), Bleek. Nat. Gen. Arch. Ned. Ind. ii. 



