two supplemental bones. Mandibula prominent. Eyes large. 

 Dorsal behind origin of ventrals, shorter than anal. Last 



Fig. 3. Larval stage of Megalops cyprinoides Brouss. X45 

 VAN KAMPEN. a anus, s swimbladder, v ventral fin. 



dorsal ray produced in a long filament. Villiform teeth on 

 jaws, vomer, palatines, pterygoids and tongue. Branchiostegals 

 23 27. No pseudobranchiae. 



Passing through a ribbon-shaped larval stage. (Fig. 3). 



i. Megalops cyprinoides (Brouss.). 



CItipca cyprinoides Broussonet. Ichthyol. Dec. I. 1782. 

 Megalops indicus Bleeker. Journ. Ind. Arch. III. 1849, p. 67. 

 Elops cnndinga Cantor. Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal. XVIII. 1850, p. 1271. 

 Megalops macropthalinus Bleeker. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. I. 1851, p. 421. 

 Megalops indicus Kner. Fische Novara Exp. 1865 67, p. 339. 

 Megalops cyprinoides Giinther. Cat. Brit. Mus. VIT." 1868, p. 471. 

 Megalops macrop terns Bleeker. All. Ichth. VI. 1866 72, p. 85. 

 Megalops filamcntosns Bleeker. Atl. Ichth. VI. 1866 72, p. 86. 

 Megalops kundinga Bleeker. Atl. Ichth. VI. 1866 72, p. 87. 

 Megalops cyprinoides Bleeker. Atl. Ichth. VI. 1866 72, p. 87. 

 Megalops cyprinoides Day. Fishes of India. 4. 187888, p. 650. 

 Megalops cyprinoides Sauvage. Hist. Madagascar. Vol. XVI. 1891, p. 495. 

 Megalops cyprinoides Giinther. Fische der Siidsee. Heft VIII. 1909, p. 387. 

 Megalops cyprinoides Max Weber. Siboga-Exp. Fische. 1913. p. I. 



Fig. 4. Megalops cyprinoides Brouss. 



B. 23 27; D. 1 6 20; A. 23 28; P. 14 15; 

 L.I. about 40; L. tr. 12. 



V. 10 ii 



