of Cliipeid Fishes, 5 



parallel or converge posteriorly; greatest distance between 

 them 3 to 3 1 in diameter of eye. 23-25 gill-rakers on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Scales 42-45/13-15 ; ventral scntes 

 18-20 + 8-9. Dorsal 16-17; origin much nearer end ol 

 snout than base of caudal, about equidistant from former 

 and last anal rays. Anal (37) 38-41 ; origin below last 

 dorsal ray ; length of base about 3 in length of body. 

 Pelvics shorter than eye, inserted about midway between 

 origin of anal and base of pectoral. 



India ; Malay Peninsula and Archipelago ; China. 



Nine specimens, 65-135 mm. in total length. 



4. llisha motius, 



Clupanodon motius, Ham. Biich., Fish. Gan<res, pp. 251, 383 (1822). 

 Chipea motius, Gray, 111. Ind. Zool. ii. pi. xci. fig-s. 3, 4 (1835). 

 Platyguster parva, Swainson, Nat. Hist. ii. p. 294 (1839). 

 ? Peliona motius, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xx. p. 323 (1847). 

 Pellona motius^ Day, Fish. India, p. 643, pi. clxv. fig". 3 (1878). 



Depth of body 3f to 4 in the length, length of head 

 4| to 4^. Ventral profile more convex than dorsal. Snout 

 shorter than diameter of eye, which is about 2f in length of 

 head; maxillary extending to below middle of eye; lower 

 jaw a little projecting. Ridges on head run parallel pos- 

 teriorly. 22-24 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Scales 45 (?;/12-13 (?) ; ventral scutes 16-17+7-8. 

 Dorsal 16-17; origin much nearer end of snout than base of 

 caudal. Anal 40-43; origin just behind dorsal; length 

 of base about 3 in length of body. Pelvics equal to eye, 

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

 A silvery lateral band. 



Assam, Bengal. 



Six specimens, 45-55 mm. in total length. 



5. llisha kampeni, 



Pellona kampent, Weher & Beaufort, Fish. In do- Austral. Archipelago 

 ii. p. 87 (1913). 



Depth of body 3| in the length, length of head 3i. 

 Ventral profile a little more convex than dorsal. Snout 

 equal to or 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, liidges on 

 head run parallel posteriorly ; greatest distance between 

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

 anterior arch. Scales 43/14-15, ventral scutes 19 + 8. 

 Dorsal (15) 16 ; origin a little nearer end of snout than base 



