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12 specimens N.E. of Patsahanipur 



5 

 7 

 3 



specimen 



Do. Do. 



S.B. Do. 



Rambha Bay- 

 Do. 



Off Samal Island 

 Satpara . . 



! Indian Museum. 





[Vol 



■V, 



3-iii-i4, 



measuring 28 mm. to 45 mm. 



Col. 









pale yellow. 





6-iii 14, 





1 ) 



30 mm. to 35 mm. 

 pale yellow. 



Col. 



8-iii-i4, 





ïî 



32 mm. to 36 mm. 

 reddish-brown. 



Col. 



February, 1914, 





5 5 



68, 75 and 86 mm. 

 brown. 



Col. 



March, 1914, 





; î 



50 mm. and 53 mm. 

 brown. 



Col. 



22-ix-I3. 





•j 1 



5) 



35 mm. Col. yellow. 

 14 mm. Col. brown. 





Distribution: — In seas (ascending rivers) of India, the Malay Archipelago, Philip- 

 pines, Formosa, Japan, Samoa and Tahiti. 



Stolephorus commersonii, Lacépède. 



1803. Stolephorus commersonii, Lacépède, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, p. 382, t. xii, fig. 1. 



1848. Engraulis brownii, Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XXI, p. 41. 



1878. Engraulis commersonii, Day, Fish. Ind., p. 629, pi. clviii, fig. 1. 



1889. Engraulis commersonii, Day, Faun. Brit. Ind., Fish., I, p. 394. 



There are altogether eight specimens in the collection, all of adult size, obtained 

 during the months of February and March, in the main area of the lake. Probably 

 the species is only an occasional visitor during the period of maximum salinity of the 

 water of the lake. It does not appear to have bred in the lake. 



1 



1 

 2 

 2 

 2 



specimen 



1-111-14, 



measuring 



37 mm - 



2I-Ü-I4, 



? ) 



42 mm. 



2-iii-i4, 



î î 



32 and 37 mm. 



March 1914, 



) » 



36 and 42 mm. 



9-IV-15, 



î ï 



35 and 40 mm. 



Off Barkul Bay 

 Kalidai 

 specimens South of Kalidai 

 S. W. Do. 



,, S. E. of Patsahanipur 



Distribution : — Seas of India, of the Malay Archipelago, Philippines and also of 



Madagascar. 



Stolephorus tri, Bleeker. 



1852. Engraulis tri, Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Genoots., XXIV, p. 40. 

 1872. Stolephorus tri, Bleeker, Atl. Ich., VI, p. 128, t. cclxii, fig. 1. 

 1878. Engraulis tri, Day, Fish. Ind., p. 630, pi. clviii, fig. 6. 

 1889. Engraulis tri, Day, Faun. Brit. Ind., Fish., I, p. 395- 



Only one specimen is in the collection ; it is of adult size and was obtained from 

 Rambha Bay in the month of February, 1914. The colour of the body is reddish- 

 brown with a longitudinal silvery band in the middle. Probably an occasional visitor 

 to the lake. 



Distribution : — The seas and estuaries (ascending rivers) of India, Malay Archi- 

 pelago and Philippines. 



Subfamily CLUPEINAE. 



Genus CLUPEOIDES, Bleeker. 

 Clupeoides lile (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



1847. Meletta lile, Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XX, p. 378. 

 1850. Alausa champil, Cantor, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, XVIII, p. 1284. 



