cclii 



edge of pre-opercle serrated. Minute teeth on jaws ; palate edentulous. A 

 single dorsal jin, having less spines (8-10) than rays (15-17) : anal with 

 three spines and less rays than the soft dorsal (13-14) : ventrals thoracic. 

 Scales small, cycloid, and generally deciduous. Lateral line unarmed, 

 usually complete, but in some species terminating beloio the end of the dorsal 

 jin. Air-vessel ending posteriorly in two horns. Pyloric appendages few. 

 13. Equula runconius, Ham. Buch. Tunka-chandee, Ooriah : Nga- 



hpee-ma, Burra. D. iq-U) A. T 3 ^, L. 1. 68. Silvery, with short greyish 

 bauds descending- from the back. This small fish is found iu the large 

 rivers of Lower Bengal aud Burma. 



Family — M u g i l i d m, Rich a rds on . 

 Mugiloidei, Bleeker. 



Branchiostegals from four to six : pseudobranchiae. Form of body oblong', compressed, 

 and tbe anterior portion and head may be depressed. E} T es lateral, with or 

 without adipose lids. Gill-openings wide : gills four. Opercles unarmed. Mouth 

 narrow or of moderate width. Teeth very fine, sometimes absent. Anterior portion 

 of dorsal fins consisting of four stiff spines : anal slightly longer than the second 

 dorsal. Ventrals abdominal, suspended from an elongated shoulder bone ; it 

 consists of one spine and five rays. Scales cycloid, rarely ctenoid. Lateral line 

 absent. Pyloric appendages generally few. 



Genus — Mugil, Artedi. 



Branchiostegals from four to sir: pseudobranchice. Eyes with or with- 

 out an adipose lid. Anterior edge of lower jaw sharp. Teeth, when present, 

 minute. Pyloric appendages generally few (2-10). Upper portion of 

 stomach very muscular. 



14- Mugil cascasia, Ham. Buch. Cuck-se or Buah, Panj.: D. 4/^-, 

 A. f, L. 1. 32, L. tr. 16. Silvery: uncovered space on chin, eye, base of 

 pectoral, and centre of base of caudal gamboge yellow. This small 

 mullet is found in the upper parts of the Ganges and Jumna, also in 

 the Indus. 



15. Mugil corsula, Ham. Buch. Hurd-ioah-re, Panj.: Ka-kun-da, 

 Ooriah; Corsula and In-ge-lee, Beng. : Undala, Hind : Nga-zen, Burm. 

 D. 4/^, A. -|, L. 1. 50, L. tr. 15. Ascends all the large rivers east of the 

 Kistna far above tidal iuflueuce ; it attains a foot in length. 



16. Mugil Hamiltonii, Day. D. 4/£, A. f , L. 1. 44, L. tr. 18. Scales 

 ctenoid. Found throughout the large rivers of Burma to nearly 5 inches 



in length. 



Fa mily — G O B 1 1 D M , 



Fseudob ranch iae present, sometimes rudimentary. Body generally elongated. Eves 

 lateral, occasionally prominent. The infra-orbital ring of bones does not articulate 

 with the pre-opercle. Gill-opening varying from extremely narrow to wide. Gill 

 membranes attached to the isthmus : four gills. Teeth of various characters, 

 canines sometimes present. A single dorsal fin, sometimes divided into two 

 portions ; the spines are flexible, and this part of the fin is not so developed as 

 the soft : anal similar to the soft dorsal : ventrals sometimes united so as to form 

 a disc. Scales and lateral line present or absent. Air-vessel generally absent. 

 Pyloric appendages, if present, few. 



Genus — Gobius, Artedi. 



Branchiostegals five, pseudobranchice. Body low and elongated. Gill- 

 openings of moderate width. Opercles unarmed. Teeth in several rows in 



