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CLUPEIDJE. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Dorsal 15-17, originating at equal distance from end of snout and from base 



of caudal, or a little nearer the latter ; lower jaw projecting beyond the 

 upper. 

 Depth of body not more than 4 times in total 

 length ; keeled ventral scutes 13-15 + 9-10 ; 

 anal originating a short distance behind 



vertical of dorsal 1. P. vorax, Gthr., p. 156. 



Depth of body 4|-5£ times in total length ; 

 keeled ventral scutes 19-20+10-11 ; anal 

 originating a long way behind dorsal . . 2. P. miodon, Blgr., p. 157. 



II. Dorsal 13-14, originating much nearer end of snout than base of caudal ; 



upper jaw projecting beyond the lower ; anal originating a long way 

 behind dorsal. 

 Snout obtusely pointed ; keeled ventral scutes 



12-13 + 10 3. P. obtusirostris, Blgr., p. 158. 



Snout acutely pointed ; keeled ventral scutes 



12-13 + 12 4. P. aciUirostris, Blgr., p. 159. 



1. PELLONULA VORAX. 

 Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 452 (1868) ; Steind. Sitzb. Ale. Wien, lxi. i. 1870, 



p. 570, pi. vii. fig. 3 ; Perugia, Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) x. 1891, p. 977 ; 



Steind. Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 83 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, 



p. 125 (1901). 

 Pellomda modesta, J. G. Fisch. Jahrb. Hamb. AViss. Anst. ii. 1885, p. 75. 



Depth of body 3^ to 4 times in total length, length of head 3^ to 4 

 times. Snout pointed, as long as eye, which is 3 to 3J times in length 

 of head, 1^ to If times interorbital width ; a well-developed adipose 



Fi-r. 124. 



Pellomda vorax. 

 Senegal, after Steindachner (I. c). g. 



eyelid ; chin projecting beyond snout ; maxillary extending to below 

 anterior border of eye or a little beyond ; strongly enlarged teeth in 

 both jaws in the adult. Gill-rakers long and slender, 27-30 on lower 



