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of caudal. Anal 40 (42); origin below posterior part of 

 dorsal; length of base about 3 in length of bod}^ Pelvics 

 shorter than eye; inserted midway between origin of anal 

 and base of pectoral. Caudal dark-edged. 



India ; Indo-Australian Archipelago. 



A single specinaen, 160 nam. in total length, from Madras. 



6. Ilisha leschenaultii. 



Pellona leschenaultii, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xx. p. 311 (1847) ; 

 Gunth. Cat. Fish. yii. p. 459 (1868) ; Day, Fisli. India, p. 646 (1878). 



Depth of body a little less than 4 in the length. Teeth 

 on pra^.maxillary and lower jaw larger than in other species. 

 70 scales in a longitudinal series. Dorsal 21, Anal 42. 

 Pelvics inserted 8 or 9 scales in front of dorsal. 



Pondicherry. 



Originally described from a single dried example, 20 inches 

 in total length. 



7. Ilisha slodeni. 



Pellona sladeni, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 623 ; Fish. India, p. 645, 

 pi. ccxiv. fig. 1 (1878). 



Depth of body 4 to 4J in the length, length of head 

 4 to 4^. Greatest convexity of ventral profile in front of 

 pectorals. Snout a little shorter than diameter of eye, 

 which is 4J to 4| in length of head ; maxillary extending 

 to below anterior third of eye ; lower jaw very oblique, 

 strongly projecting. Ridges on head diverge a little pos- 

 teriorly ; greatest distance between them 3 to 3J in diameter 

 of eye. 20-22 gill-rakers on lower part of a"nterior arch. 

 Scales 46-49/10-11; ventral scutes 24 + 10-11. Dorsal 

 14-15 ; origin much nearer base of caudal than end of 

 snout, about equidistant from former and posterior edge 

 of operculum. Anal 42-45 ; origin below anterior half of 

 dorsal ; length of base 3| to 3;^ in length of body. Pelvics 

 equal to or a little longer than eye ; inserted much nearer 

 base of pectoral than origin of anal. Caudal with a dark 

 edge posteriorly. 



Burma. 



Three specimens, 230-340 mm. in total length, from the 

 Irrawaddi and Sittang Rivers. 



8. Ilisha pristigastroides. 



Pellona prislif/astroiiles, Bleek. Verh. P>at. Gen. xxiv. 1852, Haring- 

 p. 20; Giii'ith. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 459 (1868); Weber & Beaufort' 

 Fish. Indo-Aiistral. Archipelago, ii. p. 89 (191.3). 



Ilisha prifitif/astroides, Bleek. Atl. Iclilh. v. p. 118, Cliip, pi. xi fi<>- 1 

 (1872). ' 1 r o- 



