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CLUPEIM. 
three feet in length, the joints are linear, very obliquely placed, and their number is 
from seventy to ninety. We thought it well to make this observation, as it may throw 
some light on the growth and regeneration of fin-rays. 
Zanzibar. Red Sea. Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 
413. Elops cyprinoides. [169.] 
Clupea cyprinoides, L. Gm. 
apalike, Bonnat. Encycl. Meth. ; Lacep. v. p. 459, t. 13. f. 3. 
Russell, pi. 203. 
Cyprinodon cundinga, Buck. Ham. 254, 383. 
Megalops filamentosus, Gm, Regne Anim. 
indicns, Cuv. fy Val. xix. pp. 388, 577. 
Elops indicus, Cuv. fy Val. xx. p. 472. 
cundinga, Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 289. 
Pangani river. East coast of Africa. Roth coasts of Africa. India. Ceylon. China. 
Polynesia. 
Family CLUPEIIME. 
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PELLONA, Cuv. & Val. 
414. Pellona ditchoa. [655.] 
Ditchoa, Russell, pi. 192. 
Pellona ditchoa, Cuv. Val. xx. p. 313 ; Blee/c. Verhand. Bat. Genootsch. xxiv. Har. p. 24. 
Kingani river. East coast of Africa. Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 
ALOSA. 
415. Alosa venenosa. [103.] 
Meletta venenosa, Cuv. fy Val. xx. p. 377. 
This fish was originally obtained at Seychelles by M. Dussumier, in whose notes 
there is a remark that the persons who partook of it were seized with vomiting, 
which sometimes ended fatally. Dr. Cantor (Mai. Fish. p. 295) mentions a similar 
peculiarity regarding Clupeonia perforata , Cant. ; and his informant stated that only 
such fish as had red eyes induced the symptoms of poisoning ; such as had the usual 
silvery eyes were eaten with impunity. The specimens of this collection were obtained 
at Zanzibar, where they do not appear to possess any such property ; on the contrary, 
they form no inconsiderable part of the daily food of the lower orders. 
Zanzibar. Seychelles. Indian Ocean. 
