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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 IT to 20. Anal 24 to 27. Scales 
37 to 42. 
