192 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTEUrGII. 



Spinous dorsal tipped with black; ventral white; pectoral light 

 yellow ; caudal yellowish, and stained at the end with brown. 



Hob. Seas of India and the Malay Archipelago ; said to be occa- 

 sionally captured in fresh water. 



961. (10.) Egnula ruconins. 



Ohanda ruconius, Ham. Such. Fish. Ganges, pp. 106, 371, pi. xii, 



tig. 35. 



Equula ruconius, Day, Fish. India, p. 242, pi. li C, fig. 4 (see synon.). 

 Jitaka, Marathi. 



B. v. D. 8/16. V. 1/5. A. 3/14. C. 17. 

 Length of head 44,, of caudal fin 4|, height of body 2 in the total 

 length (1| to 1| in the young). Eyes diameter 3 in length of head, 

 1 diam. from end of snout and also apart. Dorsal profile much more 

 convex than abdominal, a concavity over occiput. Premaxillaries 

 very protractile; the mouth as in E. insidiatrix. Posterior half 

 of supraorbital edge minutely serrated ; one or two spines close to 

 hind nostril. Lower edge of preopercle serrated, most coarsely 

 anteriorly. Teeth in a single, minute, arid deciduous row. Fins 

 second dorsal spine longest, | height of body, the third serrated 

 anteriorly in lower third. A r entral reaches halfway to anal, second 

 anal spine equals diameter of orbit. Caudal forked. Scales very 

 deciduous, apparently often absent throughout and usually so 

 above the lateral line ; they are from two to three times the size of 

 those in E. insidiatrix, and are often extended on to the chest. 

 Lateral line in single tubes, usually ceasing below middle of soft 

 dorsal, but sometimes continued to its last third. Colour back 

 bluish silvery, abdomen silvery white. A well-marked black streak 

 from anterior edge of eye to throat, joining that of opposite side. 

 A dark spot on upper part of opercle, back of base of pectoral 

 black. Vertical lines of black marks having bronze reflexions 

 descend down the upper third of the bodv and are often sub- 

 divided into spots. Spinous dorsal tipped with black. 

 Hob. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



962. (11.) Equula fasciata. 



Clupea fasciata, Lacip. H. N. Poiss. v, p. 460. 



Equula fasciata, Cuv. $ Val. H. N. Poiss. x, p. 96 ; Day, Fish. India, 



p. 243, pi. li C, fig. 2 (see synon.). 

 Karah, Tel. ; Katdti Marathi. 



B. v. D. 8/16. P. 19. V. 1/5. A. 3/14. C. 17. Case. pyl. 3. 

 Length of head 4 to 4J, of caudal fin 4, height of body 24 in 

 the total length. Eyes diameter 3 in length of head, f to 1 diam. 

 trom end of snout, and nearly 1 apart. Dorsal profile rather more 

 convex than abdominal. A concavity over occiput, Interorbital 

 cavity nearly twice as long as wide. A pair of spines above the 

 anterior upper angle of orbit. Orbital edge not serrated. Lower 



