120 INDIAN FRESH-WATER FISHES. 



GENUS MEGALOPS. 



Char. Lower jaw projecting. Abdomen flat, not 

 trenchant. A narrow bony plate between the man- 

 dibles. Scales large and firmly attached. Bands of 

 viliform teeth on the jaws, vomer, and tongue, on 

 the palatine and pterygoid bones, and the base of the 

 skull. 



1. Megalops cyprinoides. 



Hab. Tanks near the coasts. 



Char. Dorsal rays 17 to 20. Anal 24 to 27. Scales 

 37 to 42. 



