472 CLrriuuj;. 



tending to below, or even somewhat behind, the i:)osterior part of 

 the orbit. 



From the east coast of Africa to Polynesia and Australia ; enter- 

 ing fresh waters. 



a, a'. Half-grown. Zanzibar. 



h. Half-grown : skin. Zanzibar. From Lieut.-Col. Playfair's Col- 

 lection. 



c. Half-grown : skin. Eiver Shire. Presented by Dr. Kirk, 



d-c). Half-grown. Madras. Presented by Capt. Mitchell. 



h-i. Young. Bengal. Presented by G. E. "VVaterhouse, Esq. 



h-l. Half-grown : skins. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



m. Half-grown. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



n. Young: skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. — This 

 specimen has thirty-seven scales in the lateral line, and not 

 twenty-nine as stated by Cantor. — Type of M. oligoIejJis, Blkr. 



0. Half-grown. Sumatra. 



p. Half-grown. Java. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection as 31. Jcun- 

 dinga. 



q-r. Half-grown and young. Amboyna. Purchased of Hr. Frank. 



s. Half-grown. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Bleeker's Col- 

 lection as M. macropterus. 



t. Half-grown. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Bleeker's Col- 

 lection as M. cyprinoides. 



u. Half-grown. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Bleeker's Col- 

 lection as M. JiJamentosus. 



V. Half-grown. Formosa. From Consul Swinhoc's Collection. 



IV. Half-grown: skin. Anciteum. From Mr. MacGiUivray's Collec- 

 tion. 



X, y, z-n. Half-grown and young. Cape York, North Austraha. 



ft, y. Half- grown. Port Essington. 



^-e. Half-grown : skins. Freshwater swamp near Yictoria ; Port 

 Essington. 



^. Half-grown. Old Collection. 



ri-i. Young. From the Haslar Collection. 



2. Megalops thrissoides. 



Camaripucuagu, Marcqr. Bras. p. 179; Fison. p. G5 ; Jonston, p. 196, 

 tab. 35. fig. 10 ; Willuqhhy, p. 230, tab. P. 6. fig. 1 ; Emjsch, Hist. 

 Pise. p. 137, tab. 3-5. fig. lO. 



Clupea cyprinoides, Bl. ix. p. 32 (part.), tab. 403 ; Lacep. v. pp. 424, 

 401. 



thrissoides, Bl. Schn. p. 424 (part.). 



apalike, Lacep. v. pp. 425, 461. 



gigantea, Shaw, Zool. \. 1. p. 173. 



Megalops atlanticus, Cuv. ^ Val. xix. p. 398. 



giganteus, Bleeh. Ned. Tydsch: Dierk. iii. 1866, p. 282. 



B. 22-24. D. 14-16. A. 22-24. L. lat. 42-45. 

 Yentral fin conspicuously in advance of the origin of the dorsal ; 

 maxillary generally extending beyond the orbit. 

 Atlantic, entering fresh waters. 



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