1280 Catalogue of Malayan Fishes, [Dec. 



pearl reflections ; behind the upper part of the opercle a rounded 

 yellowish brown spot dotted with black, from which proceeds along the 

 upper fourth of the side a yellowish brown band, terminating at the 

 upper fourth of the root of the caudal ; cheeks and opercles shining 

 silvery with golden and sky-blue reflections ; the temples minutely dotted 

 with black ; dorsal bright gamboge, anterior and upper margin blackish ; 

 caudal pale greenish yellow, upper and posterior margin blackish ; rest 

 of the fins white. Tongue and cavity of the mouth minutely dotted 

 with black. Iris silvery, orbital margin blackish. 



D 19, C 19$, A 16 or 18, V 8, P 15, Br. VI. 



Habit. — Sea of Pinang. 

 Japan. 



Total length : 6 inch. 



In addition to the colours and the number of anal rays this species 

 presents the following characters distinguishing it from K. thoracata. 

 In the intermaxillaries and upper maxillaries appear single, widely spread, 

 pointed teeth ; in the lower jaw from 8 to 12 such very little larger ; 

 those on the palatal and pterygoid bones are more numerous, but also 

 with irregular intervals, indicating that the teeth are deciduous. All 

 are so minute that they cannot be seen in fresh specimens, and in dried 

 ones but through a lens. The fifth dorsal ray, the longest, is less than ^ 

 of the greatest vertical diameter of the body, and equals the extent of 

 the base of the fin ; the last ray is a little elongated. The last anal 

 ray is also a little elongated, and extends halfway to the root of the 

 caudal. The ventrals are placed more forwards than in K. thoracata ; 

 the first ray commences opposite the second third of the dorsal, and 

 its distance from the first anal ray exceeds by \ that from the root of 

 the first pectoral ray. The sides are covered by 1 1 longitudinal series of 

 scales, the longest series containing about 35 scales. The rest of the 

 characters noted under K. thoracata, are precisely the same in the 

 present species. Two individuals exactly similar, except in the number 

 of anal rays, occurred together at Pinang in June 1844. 



Gen. Alausa (Alosa, Cuvier 1817) Valenciennes 1847. 



Small deciduous teeth in the jaws ; all other parts of the mouth 

 toothless. 



