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THE MEGALOPS. 
Megalops Cyprinoidcs. Native names: Punnihowa and Nahan, Ooriya; 
Kurmi , Malabar; Moran Kund , Tamil; Ngatan-youet t Burma. 
Habitat .—-The estuaries and tanks near the coasts. 
Description. — Projecting lower jaw. Abdomen flat, not trenchant. A 
narrow bony plate between the mandibles. Scales large and firmly attached. 
Bands of villiform teeth on the jaws. Dorsal rays, 17 to 20 ; anal, 24 to 27 ; 
scales, 37 to 42. They are about the same size as mackerel, and seem always 
hungry. They may be taken with dead bait and a float or with a May fly or 
Carnatic carp fly. They are predaceous and not good eating. 
THE SEER FISH. 
Native name: Seer. 
Habitat .—The Indian estuaries. 
Description.— This is more properly a sea fish, though it is found in our 
estuaries. It runs up to 60 lbs. in weight, quite an average bazar fish weighing 
from 15 to 20 lbs. Excellent eating, and is taken in the same way as the 
bameen and the becktie. 
