igiô.J Fauna of the Chilka Lake : Fish. 417 



Genus ME GALOPS, Lacépède. 

 Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet) . 



1782. Clupea cyprinoides, Broussonet, Ichthyol., Dec. I, tab. ix. 



1803. Clupea cyprinoides, Rüssel, Vizag. Fish., II, p. 81, pi. ceiii. 



1803. Megalops filammtosus, Lacépède, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, p. 289. 



1822. Cyprinodon cundinga, Hamilton Buchanan, Fish. Gang., p. 154. 



1839. Megalops cyprinoides, Swainson, Nat. Hist. Fish. Amph. Rep., II, p. 293. 



1846. Megalops indiens, Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XIX, p. 388, pi. 576. 



1878. Megalops cyprinoides, Day, Fish. Ind., p. 650, pi. clix, fig. 3. 



1889. Megalops cyprinoides, Day, Faun. Brit. Ind., Fish., I, p. 402, fig. 126. 



There are two specimens in the collection; the larger one, 250 mm. in length 

 (without caudal), was collected at Rambha at the end of the year 191 4 and the 

 smaller one (190 mm. in length) was caught near Barkul in September, 1914. 



The mouth is superior, and the lower jaw, which is very prominent, goes to form 

 a part of the upper profile of the snout. The Chilka specimens do not show any 

 noticeable peculiarity. 



This fish occurs in the main area of the lake after the rains and continues there 

 during the winter months. 



Distribution: — The Indian and the Pacific Oceans and their estuaries. The fish is 

 often found in brackish waters and is occasionally met with in freshwater ponds. 



Family CHANIDAE. 



Genus CHAN OS, Lacépède. 



Chanos chanos (Forskâl). 



1775. Mugil chanos, Forskâl, Descript. Anim., p. 74. 



1801. Mugil salmoneus, Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichthy., p. 121. 



1803. Chanos arabicus, Lacépède, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, p. 396. 



1871. Chanos chanos, Klunz, Fisch. R.M., p. 605. 



1878. Chanos salmoneus, Day, Fish. Ind., p. 651, pi. clxvi, fig. 2. 



1889. Chanos salmoneus, Day, Faun. Brit. Ind., Fish., I, p. 403, fig. 127. 



There is no specimen in the collection. The fish is, however, reported to be 

 caught occasionally in the main area during the rains. Its ripe roe, dried and 

 smoked, is sold by the fishermen of Barkul and other villages bordering on the 



lake. 



Distribution: — The Indian and the Pacific Oceans and their estuaries; the Red 

 Sea, the east coast of Africa and Madagascar. 



Family CLIJPEIDAE. 



Subfamily DOROSOMATINAE. 



Genus DOROSOMA, Rafinesque. 



Dorosoma nasus (Bloch). 



1795. Clupea nasus, Bloch, Aus. Fische, IX, p. 116. 



1803. Clupea thrissa (L.), Rüssel, Vizag. Fish., II, p. 76, pi. exevi. 



1803. Clupea sp. (Pedda Korne), ibid., p. 77, pi. exevii. 



1830. Chatoessus alius, Gray and Hardwicke, III. Ind. Zool., pi. xci, fig. 2- 



