of Clupeid Fishes. 3 



Origin of dorsal a little nearer end of snout than 

 base of caiulal ; origin of anal below posterior 

 part of dorsal 5. kanijieni, 



II. More than 40 scales in a longitudinal series ; 20-28 scutes before 

 insertion of pelvics. 



A. Dorsal of 21 rays ; 70 scales in a longitudinal series. 



0, leschenaultii. 



B. Dorsal of less than 21 rays ; less than 70 scales in a longitudinal 



series. 



1. Origin of anal below anterior half of dorsal. 



a. Depth of body 4 to 4|^ in the lenj^th . . 7. sladeni. 

 h. Depth of body 3j to 3| in the length. 

 Origin of anal b^low first dorsal ray ; maxillary not 



reaching middle of eye 8. 2^f'i^f^[/ttstroides. 



Oiigin of anal below first third of dorsal; maxillary 



reaching middle of eye or beyond 9. (unblijuropterus. 



2. Origin of anal below posterior half of dorsal. 



a. Depth of body 3^ to 4 in length ; anal of 44-52 rays. 



10. elomjata. 



b. Depth of body 3 to 3| in the length. 



a. Aual of 4:2 rays ; origin of dorsal nearer base of caudal 



than end of snout 11. novacula. 



(3. Anal of 45-50 rays ; origin of dorsal equidistant from end 

 of snout and base of caudal, or nearer former. 

 * Ventral scutes prominent ...... 12. macrogaster, 



** Ventral scutes not prominent. 



Pelvics inserted a little nearer base of pectoral than 



origin of anal ; 21-23 gill-rakers on lower part 



of anterior arch ; ventral scutes 24-27 + 10-13 . 13. xanthoptera. 



Pelvics inserted a little nearer base of pectoral than 



origin of anal ; 18-19 gill-rakers on lower part of 



anterior arch; ventral scutes 22-|- 10-11 14. JiUgera. 



Pelvics inserted at an equal distance from base of 

 pectoral and origin of anal ; 19-21 gill-rakers 

 on lower part of anterior arch ; ventral scutes 

 20-23-J-8-10 15. megalupfera. 



1. Ilisha hr achy soma. 



Fellona brachysoyna, Bleek. Verb. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 1852, Haring. p. 22 ; 



Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 456 (1868) ; Day, Fish. India, p. 645, 



pi. clxiv. tig. 2 (1878) ; Weber & Beaufort, Fish. Indo-Austral. 



Archipelago, ii. p. 87 (1913). 

 Ilisha brachysoma, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. vi. p. 118, Chip. pi. ix. fig. 5 



(1872). 



Depth o£ body 2f to 2J in the length, length of head 

 3^ to 4. Ventral profile much more convex than dorsa). 

 Snout shorter than diameter of eye, which is 2| to 3 in 

 length of head; maxillary extending nearly to below middle 

 of eye ; lower jaw a little projecting. Ridges on head 

 run parallel posteriorly ; greatest distance between them 

 4J to 5| in diameter of eye. 23-25 gill-rakers on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Scales -12-45/14— IG ; ventral scutes 



4* 



