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PISCES ABDOMINALES. CLUPEA. 
No. CLXXXVIII. 
Clupea pinna dorsali radiis quindecem , anali radiis quadraginla. 
The Clupea with fifteen rays in the dorsal fin, and forty rays in the anal. 
Called by the Natives Ditchelee. 
B. v. D. 15. P. 15. V. 7. A. 40. C. 20. 
The body. This species in its shape differs from the herring; the back is more straight, and the hinder part of 
the tail rises more obliquely towards the caudal fin. 
The head naked, compressed, the crown and front grooved, rostrum short. The mouth oblique, without 
teeth; the exterior hinder part of the upper jaw serrated, the lower jaw short and carinate, covered by the 
upper when the mouth is shut. The tongue, palate, opercula, branchial membrane, and aperture, as described 
in the Kowal: but the eyes here are larger, and the nostrils closer to the edge of the rostrum. 
The trunk . The branchiae, lateral line, and anus, differ inconsiderably from the Kowal, 
The jins. The position and shape of the fins also as described in the Kowal: only that the pectoral are 
rather higher, and the anal much longer than in that fish. 
The colour. The upper part of the head and trunk changeable green; the rest silvery; the belly of 
a pearl colour. 
Length of the subject six inches. 
No. CLXXXIX. 
Clupea maxilla super lore retro-elongala in processum acutum, denticulatum ; operculo posteriore 
macula to, acuminata ; squama lanceolata supra pinnas pectorales et ventrales. 
The Clupea with a retroflex process from the upper maxilla, denticulated, and sharp- 
pointed ; the hinder operculum acuminate and marked with a black spot; a lanceolate 
scale above the pectoral and ventral fins. 
Called by the Natives Poorawah. 
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B. xii. D. 77 . P. 14. V. 7. A. 35. C. 18. 
The body oblong, compressed, covered with large loose scales. The back straight, convex; the sides more 
convex than in the herring, and the belly more prominent, but thin, carinate, and prickly. 
The head without scales, compressed, declivous, front depressed, grooved. Mouth oblique, very wide, the 
lower jaw shortest, and truncate, the upper has a long reflex, serrated process, reaching to the pectoral fin: 
both jaws have numerous small teeth. The tongue and palate rough. The eyes middle, small, round, iris 
golden. Nostrils nearer the rostrum than the orbit. The branchial opercula striate, gilded, with a black spot 
on the pointed margin. The membrane has twelve rays; the aperture wide. 
The trunk. The branchiae as already described; the lateral line, as far as could be discerned, straight; 
anus remote. 
The Jins. The dorsal nearly in the middle, has a small short spine in front of thirteen descending rays; the 
