1918.] NATUKAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 7 



Spinous dorsal inserted midway between hind nostril and caudal 

 base, first spine very slightly longer than second' depressed fin 1| 

 to soft dorsal origin. Last slightly nearer caudal base than spinous 

 dorsal origin, depressed fin 1| to caudal base. Anal origin little 

 nearer caudal base than ventral origin, depressed fin If to caudal 

 base. Caudal emarginate behind, about equals head in length, 

 lobes about equal. Pectoral short, broad, 1^ to spinous dorsal. 

 Ventral inserted near last third of depressed pectoral, reaches half 

 way to anal. Vent close before anal origin. 



Color in alcohol dull brownish generally, upper surface tinged with 

 olivaceous. Pockets of fallen scales exposed with more or less dusky. 

 Traces of darker lengthwise streaks, one to each row of scales along 

 back. Dorsals and caudal tinted with pale dusky, though hind 

 edge of latter not dark. Pectoral brownish and other fins pale. 

 Iris pale slaty. Peritoneum blackish. No dark shoulder spot or 

 at pectoral base. 



Length 210 mm. 



Type, 47,479, A. N. S. P. 



Pliilippine Islands. Presented by the Commercial Museums of 

 Philadelphia. 



Also No. 47,480, paratype, same data. Head 3|; depth 3|; D. 

 IV-I, 8; A. Ill, 9, i; scales 29 in lateral series from gill-opening above 

 to caudal base; 11 scales between second dorsal and anal origins; 

 20 predorsal scales; snout 3f in head; eye 4|; mouth width 3f ; inter- 

 orbital 2J; length 205 mm. 



This species is closely allied with Mugil alcocki Ogilby,^ but differs 

 in the larger head, deeper body, longer snout, etc. Giinther does 

 not give the length of the first dorsal spine, though Ogilby remarks 

 "it is noteworthy that neither Cantor or Bleeker have recorded any 

 mullet having the first dorsal spine prolonged, from any part of the 

 Malay Peninsula and Archipelago." 



(Named for Mr. J. Douglas Ogilby, the accomplished Australian 

 Ichthyologist of the Queensland Museum.) 



Mugil philippinus sp. nov. Fig. 3. 



Head 3|; depth 31; D. IV-I, 8; A. Ill, 8; P. i, 13; V. I, 5; scales 

 30 in lateral series from gill-opening above to caudal base and 3 more 

 large ones on latter; 10 scales between second dorsal and anal origins; 

 19 predorsal scales; head width 1\ in its length; head depth If; 



. 3 Ann. Queensland Mus., No. 9, 1908, pp. 21-2. Based on Mugil suhviridis 

 Day (non Valenciennes). 



—Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., Ill, 1861, p. 423, fig. (head below). Madras. 



