. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . .Megalops cui-tijilis, Richards. Ichth. China, p. 310 (1846).Megalops indicus, (!uv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xix. p. 388, pi. ccecexlii. (1846) ; Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 1852, no. 7, p. cundinga, Cantor, Cat. Mai. Fish. p. 289 (1850).Megalops macrophthalmus, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 1852, no. 7, p. macropterus, Bleek. Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. 1866, p. 284, and Atl. t. c. p. 85, pi. cclxxiii. fig. 2,Megalops kundinga, Bleek. tt. cc. pp. 288, 87, pi. cclxxiv. fig. c
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . .Megalops cui-tijilis, Richards. Ichth. China, p. 310 (1846).Megalops indicus, (!uv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xix. p. 388, pi. ccecexlii. (1846) ; Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 1852, no. 7, p. cundinga, Cantor, Cat. Mai. Fish. p. 289 (1850).Megalops macrophthalmus, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 1852, no. 7, p. macropterus, Bleek. Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. 1866, p. 284, and Atl. t. c. p. 85, pi. cclxxiii. fig. 2,Megalops kundinga, Bleek. tt. cc. pp. 288, 87, pi. cclxxiv. fig. cyprinoides, Bleek. t. c. p. 290 ; Guntil. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 471 (1868) ; Bleek. Atl. t. c. p. 87, pi. cclxx. fig. 4 ; Day, Fish. Lid. p. 650, pi. clix. fig. 3 (1878) ; Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 497, pi. xlix. A. fig. 3 (1891) ; Pfeffer, Thienv. , Fische, p. 70 (1896).Megalops oligolepis, Bleek. t. c. p. apalike, Day, Fish. Malab. p. 228 (1865).Flops cyprinoides, Piayf. & Gunth. Fish. Zanzib. p. 122 (1866) ; Peters, Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 92 (1868). Kb. Megalops Ocean, after Day (Fish. Ind.). h Depth of body equal to or a little greater than length of head, 3 to 4times in total length. Eye 2f to 3^ times in length of head, greaterthan length of snout or interorbital width ; lower jaw projecting beyondupper ; maxillary extending to below posterior border of eye or a littlebeyond. Gill-rakers at least as long as gill-filaments, 25-35 on lowerpart of anterior arch. Dorsal 17-20, originating above base of ventral. MEGALOPS — MOKMYR[D.*:. 29 Anal 24-28. Scales 37-12 sqj, 4-5 between lateral line and scalyprocess above ventral, 12-14 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, bluishgreen on the back. Total length 350 millim. From the East Coast of Africa to Australia and Polynesia; oftenfound in fresh water near the coast, or ascending rivers. 1. Hgr. Zanzibar. Sir L. Play fair (C). 2. Skin. „ „ 3. Skin. Shire River. Sir J. Kirk (P.). 4. Hgr. Ro
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