. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology . So P. J. P. WHITEHEAD (), D v 15, P i 15, V i 8, A iii 18, 25, scutes 20 + 16, scales (). In percentages of standard length : body depth 24-6, head length 23-7, depth of head at occiput 17-7 ; snout length 5-5, distance between nostrils 4-2, eye diameter 47, length of upper jaw 11-3, length of lower jaw 127 ; longest gillraker on 1st arch 376, length of corresponding gill filaments 3-47 (anterior hemibranch) and 4-35 (posterior) ; pectoral fin length 15-1, pelvic fin length 97, length of anal fin bas
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology . So P. J. P. WHITEHEAD (), D v 15, P i 15, V i 8, A iii 18, 25, scutes 20 + 16, scales (). In percentages of standard length : body depth 24-6, head length 23-7, depth of head at occiput 17-7 ; snout length 5-5, distance between nostrils 4-2, eye diameter 47, length of upper jaw 11-3, length of lower jaw 127 ; longest gillraker on 1st arch 376, length of corresponding gill filaments 3-47 (anterior hemibranch) and 4-35 (posterior) ; pectoral fin length 15-1, pelvic fin length 97, length of anal fin base 16-4 ; pre-dorsal distance 48-6, pre-pelvic distance 47-3, pre-anal distance 74-0. Body moderately compressed, belly keeled, body depth a little less than head length. Snout a little greater than eye diameter. Maxilla with fine denticulations along lower edge ; two supra-maxillae present, 1st (anterior) long and narrow, 2nd (posterior) with lower part of expanded portion much larger than upper, the latter barely rising above the general line of the anterior extension of the bone (Figure 7a).. Fig. 7. Upper jaw (right side) showing shape of S'ipra-maxillae. a. Clupea fallax putative neotype (= Alosa fallax), 380 mm. (MNHN. 3188). b. Alausa dorsalis lectotype (= Ethmalosa fimbriata), 159-5 mm. (MNHN. 3175). c. Alausa microlepis lectotype {=Gudusia chapra), mm. (MNHN 3696). d. Meletta suoerii lectotype (= Alosa alabamae), 68-6 mm. (MNHN. 3695). e. Alausa maculata holotype (= Ethmidium maculatum), 238 mm. (MNHN. 1890). f. Meletta venosa lectotype (= Alosa pseudoharengus), 117-5 mm. (MNHN. ).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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