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spines on the innerside, a little longer than branchial fila- 
ments, equalling about */, of eye. Scales with the hindborder 
irregulary crenulated and indentated. Colour silvery. Length 
450 mm. 
Nomen indig. Bandang lalaki (Mal.). 
Habitat: Java (Batavia!, Surabaya, Pasuruan); Madura; 
Pinang; Singapore; Celebes (Macassar!, Badjoa, Pompanua). — 
Formosa; Hawaii. 
In sea. 
2. Elops machnata (Forsk.). 
Argentina machnata Forskal. Descript. Animal. 1775, p. 68. 
Elops saurus Bleeker. Atl. Ichth. VI. 1866—1872, p. 84. (not of Linné). 
(pro parte?). 
Elops machnata Regan. Ann. Mag Nat. Hist. ser. 8. III. 1909, p. 39. 
Elops machnata Bean & Weed. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XLII. 1912, p. 589. 
B. 28 —32; D. 21—23; A. 15—16; P. and V.?; L.1. 9498; L. tr.? 
Height 5—5?/,, head 4'/,—4?/,, eye 4'/,—4?/,. Snout as long 
as or longer than the eye. Maxillary extending beyond the 
eye. Lower jaw projecting, covering the anterior part of the 
intermaxillary band of teeth when the mouth is closed. Pec- 
torals */, length of head, extending a little less than 1/, of 
the distance from their base to the ventrals. Origin of ventrals 
a little nearer to base of caudal than to the end of snout. Four- 
teen gillrakers. Silvery. Length 680 mm. [Not seen by us]. 
Habitat: Java (Batavia). — Cape of Good Hope; Red Sea; 
Madras; China and Japan. 
The indo-australian Elops has been considered by previous 
authors to belong to the circumtropical Llops sanrus L. This 
species has recently been split by REGAN in several ones. 
The numerous specimens seen by us, amongst which several 
of BLEEKER’s collection, all belong to Elops hawazensis. On 
account of its distribution it was to be expected that L/ops 
machnata also occurs in the Archipelago, which was recently 
confirmed by BEAN & WEED. 
In sea. 
2. Megalops Lacépede. 
(LaAcEPEDE. Hist. Nat. d. Poissons, V. 1803, p. 289). 
Oblong, slightly compressed. Scales thin, large, those of the 
lateral line with radiating tubes. An axillary scale above pec- 
torals and ventrals. Mouth oblique, bordered above by a con- 
spicuous praemaxillary and a large rounded maxillary with 
