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Genus Aseraggodes Kaup 
Aseraggodes Kaup , Archiv Naturges., vol. 24, pt. 1, p. 103, 1858. (Type 
Aseraggodes guttulatus Kaup , designated by Jordan, Genera of Fishes, 
pt. 2, p. 282, 1919.) 
Liachirus Gflnther , Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., vol. 4, p. 479, 1862. (Type, 
Liachirus nitidus Gflnther, monotypic.) 
Coryphillus Chabanaud , Bull. Soc. Zool. France, vol. 56, 1931, p, 302, 
(Type, Aseraggodes filiger Weber, monotypic.) 
Body oblong. Eyes on right side. Mouth more or less restricted. 
Minute teeth on left rami of jaws. Front nostrils on both sides tubular; 
posterior right nostril slit above mouth, looking downward; left posterior 
nostril tubular, behind and above anterior one. Gill membranes united, 
free from isthmus. Scales ctenoid on both sides of body. One straight 
axial lateral line on each side. Left side of head more or less covered 
with papillae or filaments which form fringe along profile of head and 
opercular border. Dorsal begins on snout. Dorsal and anal rays simple or 
divided at tips and caudal rays branched. Dorsal and anal free from cau— 
dai. do pectorals* ventrals symmetrical, short based, free from anal. 
Vent median* 
Indian Ocean to Japan and Australia, one species in fresh water. 
