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to Chinese fish, and to more than one species in this genus, confusion will be avoided by 

 dropping it in this instance, even were the identity of Mr. Reeves's specimen and Laclpede's 

 more clearly made out than we have been able to do. It is very unlike the Clupea sinensis 

 of Bloch, 405. 



Hab. Chinese seas. 



Clupea cjeruleo-vittata, Richardson. Icon. Reeves, 59; Hardw. Mai. 

 223. Chinese name, Hwang tsih, " Yellow glossy" (Birch); Hwang tseih, 



" Yellow " (Reeves); Wong chak (Bridgem. Chrest. 84). Length 



of figure 8f inches. 



This drawing greatly resembles the preceding species in form, and it has even a better title 

 to the epithet of long-waisted. The dorsal curve is similar to that of nymphaa, but the ven- 

 tral one is more gradual anteriorly, its summit being thrown back to the middle of the dorsal. 

 The anal is longer and lower, and the pectoral reaches only one-third of the distance to the 

 ventrals. The rays shown by the artist are D. 17 ; A. 18 or 19. The scales are as large as 

 those of nymphcea, about forty-two being represented in a longitudinal row. No serratures 

 are shown on the belly. 



The upper parts are grass-green with a brownish gloss along the top of the back.* The 

 sides are more completely silvery, but a little above the middle the scales are bordered by 

 China-blue producing a stripe, and the silvery parts lower down have a purplish reflexion and 

 some pale blue shadings on the bases of the scales. Some crimson tints occur on the sides of 

 the head. Caudal and ventrals asparagus-green. The other fins yellowish- or greenish-gray. 



Hab. Chinese seas. Canton. 



Clupea flosmaris, Richardson. Icon. Reeves, 64 ; Hardw. Malac. 



Chinese name, Hae ho, " Sea lily" (Birch); Hae ko, " Sea river" (Reeves); 



Hoi ho (Bridgem. Chrest. 85). Length of figure 6 inches. 



This drawing represents a rather slender fish with the dorsal curve exceeding that of the 

 belly, and having a culminating point at the commencement of the dorsal. Ventrals far back 

 under the posterior part of the dorsal. Anal short, more than the length of its base distant 

 from the caudal, which is much forked with acute lobes. The skin is represented as nacry 

 without distinct scales, but with the fasciculi of the muscles, which meet in chevrons in the 

 middle height shining through. The rays shown by the artist are D. 11 ; A. 9. 



The back is shaded with leek-green ; the sides pearly with blue and crimson reflexions. 

 Head silvery with pale green shadings. Pectorals faintly crimsoned : other fins asparagus- 

 green and transparent. An umber-brown streak runs from the upper angle of the gill-open- 

 ing over the shoulder and disappears gradually under the commencement of the dorsal. 



Hab. Chinese seas. Canton. 



In the ' Description of Animals,' p. 201, fig. 149, we have a sketch and short notice of a 

 slender Clupeoid fish having a resemblance to C. flosmaris in general form. Its length is 

 stated to be four inches, and the numbers of the rays to be as follows : D. 13 ; A. 19 ; C. 14 ; 

 P. 10 ; V. 9. " The body long, narrow and somewhat compressed. Dorsal fin in the middle 

 of the back. Tail with two acute lobes. Mouth small, curving upwards. Maxillary flat, 

 narrow, pointed and entire." The belly is represented as serrated, and the pointed maxillary 

 as reaching a little past the eye. 



Hab. Canton river. 



Clupea gracilis, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. 



A specimen so labelled exists in the British Museum, but it is in bad condition, and I have 

 not been able to identify it with any of the preceding species. 

 Hab. Japan. 



Alosa reevesii, Richardson. Icon. Reeves, a. 8 ; Hardw. Malac. 220. 



Chinese name, San le (Reeves, Birch) ; Sam lai (Bridgem. Chrest. 92). 



Had. D. 17 ; A. 17; C. 17$; P. 15; V. 8. (Spec. Br. Mus.) Length 



of fig. 17 inches. Length of spec. 15 inches. 



Mr. Reeves deposited a specimen in the British Museum which still retains the original 

 label numbered in reference to his drawing. It has considerable resemblance to the palasah 

 of Russell (198), or Icon. Hardw. Malac. 21^, fig. indica, but the pectoral fin is shorter, the 

 coarseness of the scales on the caudal and the numbers of the fin-rays differ, and we therefore 

 keep them distinct. Russell states the rays of Alosa palasah to be D. 18 ; A. 20 ; V. 9, &c. 



In A. reevesii the eye is placed considerably below the temporal groove, and the maxillary, 

 which is slender at its head, swells out in the middle into a regular obtuse oval, and reaches 



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