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* Engraulis Hamiltonii. 
Engraulis Hamiltonii, Gray , Ill. I. Z., pi. 92, f. 3 ; Cuv. & Val. xxi. p. 66. 
Poorawah, Russell , pi. 189. 
B. xii. D. JL P. 14. Y. 7. A. 35-37. C. 18. 
Body oblong and compressed. 
Head thick, long : the posterior extremity of the maxilla passes the base of the pectoral fin. 
Fins—Anal situated in the last half of the body and completely posterior to the dorsal fin. 
Teeth—In both jaws, palate, and tongue. 
Colours—Back plumbaceous, the rest of the body yellowish silvery. The dorsal, pectoral, 
ventral, and caudal yellowish, the last bordered with black. Anal bluish. 
Grows to niue inches in length. 
Habitat—Seas of India. 
Engraulis Malabaricus. 
Clupea Malabarica, Bloch , pi. 432. 
Engraulis Malabaricus, Cuv. & Val. xxi. p. 63. 
Monangoo, Mai. 
B. xii. D. 13. P. 14. Y. 7. v A. 40. C. 19. L. 1. 42. L. tr. 11. 
Length of head of pectoral jt, of caudal of base of dorsal y T , of anal nearly -j- total 
length. Height of head -g, of body nearly of dorsal y, of ventral y^., of anal y* 0 of total length. 
Eyes—With adipose lids each having a vertical elliptical orifice. Diameter \ of length of head, 
| of a diameter from end of snout, 1{ diameters apart. 
Body rather short, and. strongly compressed. Profile from snout to caudal nearly straight; 
from anterior extremity of the mandibulse to the end of the anal fin it is strongly curved. 
Mouth wide and compressed. Upper jaw the longest. The posterior extremity of the 
maxilla reaches nearly to the posterior extremity of the subopercles : it has a supplementai’y bone 
posteriorly in the first three-fourths of its course, opposite the inferior extremity of wliich 
there is another bone irregularly elliptical at its extremity and quite fine at its upper end. 
Lower jaw with an elevation at the symphysis, and the openings of three large glands along its 
outer margin. Snout large, overhanging the upper jaw. A longitudinal sharp ridge along the 
centre of the interorbital space. Nostrils large, and oval, surrounded by a raised fumy arch. 
Opercle three times as high as wide. Subopercle small and triangular, with its apex behind and 
below. 
Teeth—In single rows in the whole extent of the maxilla, and also on the mandibulse : a very 
small patch of sharp teeth on the anterior part of the vomer, and some fine deciduous ones on the 
palatine bones. 
Fins—Pectoral commences under the posterior superior angle of the subopercle : dorsal 
midway between the snout and the base of the caudal: ventral at the posterior extremity of the 
pectoral: anal under the posterior extremity of the dorsal. Dorsal with a minute spine situated a 
short distance before it, and partially concealed by the scales : the first three rays of the fin 
undivided, the third the longest, and four times more so than the last: the upper margin nearly 
straight: a groove of scales along its base. Pectoral pointed, with an elongated scale at its base. 
