No. CCI.
C lupea corpore lanceolato; processu m a x ilU superioris retrojlexo, setoso, longissimo.
T h e C lupea with a lanceolate body ; a retroflex, setous process o f the u p p e r maxilla,
extremely long.
Clupea Setirostris, L im i. E d . Gmel. p . 1 407 .
Called b y th e Natives Y e k a P o o r aw a h .
B . xii. D . 13. P . 13. F. 7. ^ .2 5 . C. 20.
T he form of the body lanceolate ; but in most of the other characters, the deciduous scales, the oblique mouth,
opercula, branchia:. &e. it agrees vvith the genus ; the lateral line nearly middle. What chiefly distinguishes it
is the length of the maxillary process, which is as long as half the body.
Thejfns. The dorsal middle, short, consisting of thirteen declining rays; the pectoral low, small, acuminate
above ; the ventral of the same form, small ; the anal opposite to the posterior part of the dorsal, with
tvventy-*ve declinmg rays ; the caudal bifid, the lower lobe longer than the upper.
The clour omitted in my memoranda ; but to the best of my recollection, it was that of the herring. I found
it at Bimblipatam. when my painter was not in the way to make a drawing.
The lengtb, -four inches.
This species was found also by Forster in the Pacific Ocean ; and i
been given by Broussonet, from a specimen in the British Museum.»
t accurate description with a figure has
No. CCII.
C l u p e a ? corpore lanceolato ; membrana branchiate radiis odoiecem ; abdomine nec carinalo
nec serrato.
T h e C l u p e a w i th a lan c eo late b o d y ; a b ra n c h ia l m em b ra n e o f e ig h te e n ra y s ; th e
ab d om e n n e ith e r c a rin a te , n o r se rra ted .
C alled b y th e N a tiv e s M a r r a w a .
JS. xviii. D . 16. P. 14. V. 9. A. 15. C. 18.
T his, in its form as well as in colour, resembles the herring, only that the head is more richly gilded. Tl.e
moutii, teeth, tongue, eyes, and opercula as in the last. The hack nearly straight, sides and tail compressed,
the breast carinate, the abdomen thin, but convex : neither of them serrated. The denticules of the branchiæ
setaceous and long ; the lateral line hardly perceptible.
T h e / « . The dorsal nearer the tail than the head, with sixteen declining rays ; the pectoral low ; the ventral
has nine short rays ; and the anal, opposite to the dorsal, fifteen very slender rays ; the caudal bifid.
The length,° seven inches. • Brouss. Ichih. Fasc. I, . iL enda. 178q2a.
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REMARKS.
The number of branchial rays, and the carina of the abdomen not serrated, are remarkable deviations from
the character of the Clupea, if the present subject belongs to that genus. J\n accident prevented my getting a
drawing made of it.
No. CCIII.
C l u p e a corpore oblongo, squamis permagnis ; radio ultimo p in n a dorsi longo, setaceo.
T h e C l u p e a w ith an oblong body ; very large scales ; the last ray o f the dorsal fin long
and setaceous.
Clupea Cyprinoides, L in n . E d . Gmel. p . 1 4 0 7 .
Called b y the Natives K u n d in g a .
B. xx iii. D. 18. P. \5. V. 9. A. 25. C. 2 6.
T he body oblong, compressed, .smooth; scales very large, orbicular, with a white, membranous margin.
The head declivous, compressed, without scales ; the front depressed, furrowed ; the rostrum obtuse. The
mouth low, a little oblique, large; no lips. The upper jaw extractile, the lower ascendent, truncate; both
rough like a file. Tongue small, ovate, loose, and, as well as tlie palate, rough. Eyes supreme, very large,
orbicular, covered with the common skin. Nostrils double, tlie anterior small, round, the posterior oval. The
branchial opercula two-leaved, rounded, smooth, shining; the membrane exposed, with twenty-three slender
ossicles ; the aperture large, covered below by the membrane.
The tnmk. The back slightly arched, a little rounded; the sides compressed, convex; the breast and
abdomen straight, almost plane, not carinate nor serrated. The denticles of the exterior branchiæ very long,
the others decreasing gradually in length. The lateral line bends down at first towards the pectoral fin, afterwards
becomes middle and straight ; very conspicuous, from the scales being singularly striated. The anus
remote, linear.
T h e Jins. The dorsal in the middle of the back consists of seven assurgent and eleven declining rays, of
wltich the last is setaceous, three inches in length ; the pectoral low, large, acuminate above ; tlie ventral of
the same shape ; both have a large, sharp, sub-falcate squama at their roots ; the anal fin remote, sub-lunate,
the first and last ray slightly setaceous ; tlie caudal fin deeply bifid.
The colour. Tlie upper part of tiie head and front greenisli ; the face and opercula bright silver and golden.
The back changeable like that of a herring ; below the line pearl-colour ; the breast and belly mother-of-pearl.
The lengtb from the nose to the tail - - - 10 4
to the branchial aperture - - s 6
of the caudal fin - - - - - 2 8
REMARKS.
The serrated carins of the abdomen forming a principal generic character of the Clupea, the want of it in
this and the preceding species, left me doubtful whether they were properly placed here; the agreement, liow-
cver, in otlier characters (the remarkable difference in the number of branchial ossicles excepted,) induced me
not to separate them from this genus.
1-Iaviiig since my return from India, found that the Clupea Cyprinoides, notwithstanding the number of
branchial ossicles, and the smooth abdomen, had been admitted by Bloch and Gmelin, I have no remaining
doubt of tbe Marrawa being a Clupea.