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Show 1869.] S U R G E O N F. D A Y O N T H E F I S H E S O F ORISSA. 385 Dr. Giinther observes, " Abdomen not serrated in front of the ventrals," and apparently has four specimens to describe from. However, I have not been fortunate in obtaining any such as he records ; for out of 28 specimens in Orissa and at Coconada, all were serrated anterior to the ventrals, with 4 sharp scales, and with from 8 to 11 posterior to it. I obtained a very curious malformation in one of these fishes. The caudal end of the fish is superseded opposite the 44 th scale of the lateral line, and an entirely new description of tail exists, being a long forked one, nearly \ of the total length of the fish. Hab. Orissa, from the sea. 131. CHATOESSUS MANMINA, II. Buch. 1 Clupanodon cortius, H. Buch. Mackundi (Ooriah). B.vi. D.J. P. 17. V. 8. A. -^ C. 21. L. 1.58-60. L. tr. 22. Hab. Grows to about 8 inches in length, and is found in rivers and tanks in Orissa. 132. CLUPEA CHAPRA, H. Buch. C. indica, Gray. Having been favoured with an examination of the M S . drawings of Hamilton Buchanan, of which he was deprived when leaving India, I find the Clupea chapra oi Hardwicke's illustrations is traced from the Clupanodon chapra of Hamilton Buchanan, and is the same as the species described by Dr. Giinther as Clupea indica (Gray). Hamilton Buchanan's description is at pp. 248, 383, of his work on the fishes of the Ganges. On the back of the original drawing is written " Clupanodon chapra," leaving no question of doubt as to its identity. 133. CLUPEA PALASAH, CUV. & Val. Clupanodon ilisha, H . Buch. Ilisha (Ooriah), Hilsa or Ilisha (Bengali), Pulasu (Telugu), Oo-lum (Tamil). B.vi. D. ~. p.15. V. 9. A. J. C.19. L. 1.45-49. L. tr. 17. Having for the last few months been examining the fisheries of this and other species of fish, I have no hesitation in most positively asserting that Russell's fish and Hamilton Buchanan's are identical. I have specimens from 2 inches in length to 19 inches. This fish ascends the rivers to breed, and 1 have seen it taken in thousands from the Hooghly to the Canvery. Genus CORICA, H. Buch. Clupeoides, Bleeker. |
