1288 Catalogue of Malayan Fishes, [Dec. 



(Setipinna, Swainson, 1839. — Telara, Val. 1848. — Anterior pec- 

 toral ray elongated, filamentous). 



Engraulis breviceps, Cantor. 



Head and body reddish golden or brass colour, back sparingly dotted 

 with black ; fins reddish yellow, like the body, but not metallic ; ante- 

 rior half of upper dorsal margin, and the posterior caudal margin broadly 

 brimmed with black ; posterior fifth of the anal margin equally so. Iris 

 reddish golden. 



D 1/16, C 19-fc A 63, V 7, P 13, Br. XVI— XVI. 



Habit. — Sea of Pinang. 



Total length : 9f inch. 



The head is strikingly short ; the distance from the muzzle to the 

 upper part of the posterior margin of the opercle is contained 8f times 

 in the total, (measured to the occiput, it is y L of the total.) The hori- 

 zontal diameter of the eye is J of the length of the head ; the distance 

 across the forehead is a little less than two diameters. The greatest 

 vertical diameter of the body, in front of the dorsal, is £ of the total 

 length. The dorsal commences in the centre between the muzzle and the 

 root of the caudal ; the first soft ray is preceded by a short strong 

 spine. The anal commences in front of the dorsal, opposite the second 

 third of the total ; the extent of the base of the anal is 2} in the total. 

 The upper caudal lobe is truncated. The ventrals are situated in the 

 centre between the first ray of the pectorals and the anal. The first 

 pectoral ray is a little less than 2§ times in the total length ; it does not 

 reach the middle of the anal. The second pectoral ray slightly exceeds \ 

 of the first. This species nearest approaches E. telara, (Buchan. Hamil- 

 ton). A single individual was observed at Pinang in August 1844. 



Engraulis taty, Cuv. and Val. 



Engraulis taty, Cuv. and Val. XXI. 60. 



Head above and back greyish green or greenish slate colour, spar- 

 ingly dotted with black ; sides above the lateral line pale silvery green ; 

 the rest, abdomen, cheeks and opercles silvery j dorsal, caudal and anal 

 yellow ; ventrals and pectorals hyaline ; in some the posterior caudal 

 margin blackish. Iris silvery, orbital half bluish black. 



D 1/14, C 19f, A 52 to 56, V 7, P 16, Br. XIII— XIII. 



