630 PHYSOSTOMI. 



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 14. Engraulis tri, Plate CLVIII, fig. 6. 



Bleeker, Haring. p. 40 and Borneo, p. 455 ; Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 389. 



Stolephorm tri, Bleeker, Atl. Teh. vi, p. 128, t. 262, f. 1. 



B. xi, D. 1 + 14-15(y^?T3), P. 13, V. 7, A. 20-22 (t7.?xt), C. 17, L. 1. 38, L. tr. 8. 



Length of head 5 to 5j-, of caudal 6J, height of body 5 to 5i in the total length. Eyes — subcutaneous, 

 diameter 3^ in the length of the head, 1/2 to 3/4 of a diameter from the end of snout and 1 apart. Body 

 compressed, the abdominal profile more convex than the dorsal. The greatest height of the head equals its 

 length excluding the snout. Snout pointed and projecting considerably beyond the jaws. Maxilla enlarged 

 opposite the mandibular joint, pointed posteriorly and reaching to the gill-opening. Teeth — present on jaws, 

 vomer, palatines, and pterygoids. Fins — dorsal commences between the front edge of the eye and the base of 

 the caudal fin. Ventral inserted on a line anterior to the origin of the dorsal. Anal commences under the 

 middle of the dorsal. Scales — regularly arranged and not very deciduous. Scutes, 4 long slender ones before 

 the ventral fin. Grill-rakers, the longest not quite so long as the eye, about 25 in the horizontal branch of 

 the outer branchial arch. Golowrs — silvery shot with purple : a silvery band passes from opposite the eye to 

 the base of the caudal fin : a dark spot behind occiput. 



Bleeker observes that this species has 32 to 35 scales along the lateral-line. 



Habitat. — Prom Bombay through the seas and estuaries of India to the Malay Archipelago. It ascends 

 the Hooghly as high as Calcutta. It attains about 4 inches in length. 



Genus, 2 — Coilia, Gray. 



Mystus, Lacep. ; Trichosoma, Swains. ; Ghmtomms, McLeUand ; Gollia, Schleg. ; Le^tormrus, Bleeker. 



BrancMostegals nine to eleven. Body elongated, compressed and tapering to a pointed tail: abdomen 

 trenchant and serrated. Snout pointed and projecting. Mouth cleft to behind the eye : the maxilla produced 

 posteriorly. Teeth on the jaws, vomer, palatine, and pterygoid hones, also on the tongue. A single rather short 

 dorsal fin placed in the anterior portion of the bach : anal elongated and confident with the caudal : some of the 

 upper pectoral rays produced into moderately thick filaments. Scales of moderate or small size. 



In an example of a species (G. Dussumieri) of this genus captured in Orissa, a portion of the tail has 

 been lost and a new caudal fin has sprung from the excised end : it is nearly twice as long as seen in normal 

 examples. 



A. — The maxilla does not extend posteriorly beyond the head. 



1. Goilia Beynaldi, P. 5-6 + xii, A. 116, L. 1. 65. Pectoral fin short: free rays long: some spines 

 before ventral fin : no spots on body. Bengal. 



2. Goilia ramcarati, P. 6 + vi, A. 96-110, L. 1. 70. Pectoral fin short : free rays long : five spines 

 before ventral fin : no spots on body. Bengal. 



3. Goilia Gantoris, P. 6 -f- vi, A. 75, L. 1. 58. Pectoral fin short : free rays long : five spines before 

 ventral fin : no spots on body. Bengal. 



4. Goilia quadragesimalis, P. 6-|-vi, A. 42. Pectoral fin short: free rays long: no spots on body. 

 Bengal. 



B. — The maxilla does extend posteriorly beyond the head. 



6. Goilia Dussumieri, P. 9 + v-vi, A. 105. Pectoral fin nearly as long as head : upper rays long : five 

 or six spines before ventral fin : two or three rows of round yellow spots. India to the Malay Archipelago. 



6. Goilia Borneensis, P. 6 + ix-xii, A. 77-96. Pectoral fin short: free rays long: five spines before 

 ventral fin : no spots. Seas and estuaries of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



1. Goilia Reynaldi. 



Goilia Beynaldi, Cuv. and Val. xxi, p. 81 ; Bleeker, Beng. p. 74, and Atl. Ich. vi, p. 141, t. 266, f. L 



B. is, D 1 + 14(A), P- 5-6 -f 12, V. 6, A. 116, C. 10, L. 1. 55, L. tr. 10-11. 



Length of head 7, of caudal fin 9|, height of body 6 in the total length. Eyes — diameter 1/4 of length 

 of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, and 1^ apart. The distance from the end of the snout to the anal fin 

 is less than 1/3 of the total length : the maxilla extends nearly to the end of the opercles, close to the origin 

 of the pectoral fin. Snout overhanging the upper jaw, which last is longer than the mandibles. Teeth — fine 

 in both jaws. Fins— the dorsal commences in the first fourth of the total length : the anal under or slightly 

 beyond the posterior margin of the dorsal. Dorsal with a spine a very little distance anterior to the fin. 

 Pectoral short, with the upper rays prolonged nearly to the middle of the body. Anal longer than in G. 

 ramcarati, continuous with the caudal. /ScaZes— twelve sharp spines exist along the abdominal edge, which is 

 serrated in front of the ventrals. Golours — silvery-white, with pinkish reflections. 



Habitat. — The Hooghly at Calcutta. 



