. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology . CLUPEOIDS OF LACEPEDE, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES "7 upper jaw 10-9 (10-5, n-o), length of lower jaw 12-2 (12-2, 12-9) ; pectoral fin length 16-0 (damaged, 16-6), pelvic fin length 10-9 (9-4, 10-5), length of anal base 15-3 (14-2, 14-5), length of caudal fin 25-6 (23-6, 27-3) ; pre-dorsal distance 487 (46-5, 46-6), pre-pelvic distance 51-0 (53-5, 53*5), pre-anal distance 75-2 (79-0, 79-1). Body compressed, its depth about equal to head length, belly keeled. Snout length about equal to eye diameter. Maxilla with smoo
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology . CLUPEOIDS OF LACEPEDE, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES "7 upper jaw 10-9 (10-5, n-o), length of lower jaw 12-2 (12-2, 12-9) ; pectoral fin length 16-0 (damaged, 16-6), pelvic fin length 10-9 (9-4, 10-5), length of anal base 15-3 (14-2, 14-5), length of caudal fin 25-6 (23-6, 27-3) ; pre-dorsal distance 487 (46-5, 46-6), pre-pelvic distance 51-0 (53-5, 53*5), pre-anal distance 75-2 (79-0, 79-1). Body compressed, its depth about equal to head length, belly keeled. Snout length about equal to eye diameter. Maxilla with smooth lower border ; two supra-maxillae, the posterior with upper and lower parts of expanded portion about equal (Figure 5b) ; no hypo-maxillae. No teeth on pre-maxillae ; 3-4 small conical teeth at dentary symphysis. Pseudobranch present, exposed, its length f of eye diameter. Gillrakers fine, slender, ij times length of corresponding gill filaments, f eye diameter. Fronto- parietal region with paired cuneiform areas bearing 7-8 longitudinal striae (Figure 5c). Dorsal fin origin nearer to snout tip than to caudal base by just over 1 eye dia- meter. Pectoral fin tips failing to reach pelvic base by ih eye diameters. Pelvic base below 4th branched dorsal ray, just nearer to pectoral base than to anal origin. Anal origin slightly nearer to caudal base than to pelvic Fig. 5. Scale, upper jaw and head sculpture in Sardinella melanuva (Cuvier) based on putative neotype, 98-2 mm. (MNHN. 3233). a. Scale from below dorsal fin base, b. Right maxilla and supra-maxillae. c. Dorsal view of fronto-parietal region showing detail of striation on right 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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