ILISHA. 



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1. ILISHA INDICA. 

 Platygaster indicus, Swains. 1. c. 

 Pelhna ditchoa, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 313 ; Playf. & Giinth. Fisb. Zanz. p. 122 



(1866) ; Giinth. t. c. p. 455. 

 Ilisha indka, Bieek. op. cit. p. 118, pi. cclix. fig. 4. 

 Pellona indica, Day, Fish. Ind. p. 644, pi. clxiv. fig. 4 (1878). 



Depth of body 2\ to 2f times in total length, length of head 3§ to 4 

 times. Snout short, chin projecting ; eye very large, about 2\ times in 

 length of head and double interorbital width ; a well-developed adipose 

 eyelid ; maxillary extending to below anterior third of eye. Gill-rakers 

 long and slender, 24-28 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 16-18, 

 originating at equal distance from end of snout and from root of caudal 

 or a little nearer former. Anal 37-39, originating just behind vertical 



Fig. 130. 



Ilisha indica. 

 After Day (Fish. Ind.). f. 



of last ray of dorsal. Pectoral about f length of head. Caudal deeply 

 forked, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 43-45 

 scales in longitudinal series, 13-14 in transverse series; 18-19 keeled 

 scutes between isthmus and ventrals, 8-9 between ventrals and anal. 

 Silvery or golden, bluish on the back. 



Total length 150 milliin. 



East coast of Africa to Malay Archipelago, entering rivers. 



1-2. Skins, Kingaci R, Sir L. Playfair (C). 



3. Ad. Zanzibar. „ 



