464 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM 



Stomach muscular, gizzard-like; teeth ciliiform; lower jaw angular in front; 

 anal spines 3; orbit with a well-developed adipose eyelid, covering part of the iris. 



Key to the Guiana Species of Mugil. 

 n. Soft dorsal and anal fins almost naked; anal rays 111,8, rarely 111,7 or 111,9; caudal deeply forked; sides 

 with dark stripes. 



b. Scales 32-36; depth about 4.5 in the length brasiliensis. 



(bb. Scales 3S-42; depth about 4 in the length cephalus.) 79 



an. Soft dorsal and anal fins scaled; anal rays 111,9; caudal less deeply forked; sides without dark stripes. 



c. Scales 42-45; teeth small incilis. 



cc. Scales 36-39 curema. 



310. Mugil brasiliensis Agassiz. 



Mugil brasiliensis Agassiz, Selecta Gen. et Spec. Pise. Bras., 1829, 234, pi. 72. — 

 Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 47, 1896, 811. 



Mugil liza Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XI, 1836, 83 (Brazil; 

 Porto Rico; Maracaibo; Surinam; Martinique). — Muller and Troschel, 

 in Schomburgk, Reisen, III, 1848, 623 (mouths of rivers). 



Mugil lebranchus Poey, Memorias sobre la Historia Natural de Cuba, II, 1861, 260, 

 pi. 18, fig. 3 (Cuba). 

 No specimens were secured. 



311. Mugil incilis Hancock. 



Mugil incilis Hancock, Quart. Journ. Sci., 1830, 127 (Guiana). — Jordan and 



Evermann, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 47, 1896, 812. 

 Mugil guntheri Steindachner, " Ichthyologische Notizen," i, 1864, 12 (British 



Guiana). 



No specimens were obtained. 



312. Mugil curema Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Mugil curema Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XI, 1836, 87 (Brazil; 



Martinique; Cuba). — Muller and Troschel, in Schomburgk, Reisen, III, 



1848, 623 (mouths of rivers of Guiana). — Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. 



Nat. Mus. No. 47, 1896, 813.— Eigenmann, Repts. Princeton Univ. Exp. 



Patagonia, III, 1910, 463. 

 Mugil petrosus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XI, 1836, 89 (Brazil; 



Surinam; Gulf of Mexico; Cuba). 



79 No specimens of this species have been recorded from British Guiana. It has been found in St. Vincent 

 and various other points in the islands and along the coast. 



