FAMILY, XXXIV— MUGILID^. 347 



4i to 41 in the total length. Eyes 3^ in length of head, 3/4 of a diameter from end of snout. End 

 of maxilla visible. Anal commences slightly anterior to the second dorsal. No long axillary scale, 21 or 22 

 rows before dorsal fin, eleventh and twenty-second scales of lateral-line correspond to origins of first and second 

 dorsal fins. 



6. Mtigil belanah, A. |, L. 1. 34-35, L. tr. 10. Broad posterior eyelid. Head 5i, height of body 5i in 

 the total length. Eyes 4| in length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout. Extremity of maxilla visible. 

 Anal commences slightly anterior to the second dorsal. No long axillary scale, 18 rows before dorsal fin, 

 eleventh and twentieth scales of lateral-line correspond to origins of first and second dorsal fins. 



7. Mtigil poicilus, A. a, L. 1. 30-33, L. tr. 10-11. Moderately wide posterior eyelid. Head 4f to 5, height 

 of body 5 in the total length. Eyes 3| to 3f in length of head, 3/4 of a diameter from end of snout! Extremity 

 of maxilla visible. Anal commences slightly anterior to second dorsal. No long axillary scale, 20 to 22 rows 

 before dorsal tin, tenth and twentieth scales of lateral-line correspond to origins of first and second dorsal fins. 

 Each scale with a black depressed spot in its centre, or else a dark band. 



8. Mugil Eelaartii,_A. |, L. 1. 33, L. tr. 10. Broad posterior eyelid. Head 5, height of body 4| to 5 in 

 the total length. Eyes 4 in length of head, nearly 1 diameter from end of snout. Extremity of maxilla visible. 

 Anterior 1/3 of anal before origin of second dorsal. A long axillary scale, 19 rows before dorsal fin, tenth and 

 twentieth scales of lateral-line correspond to origins of first and second dorsal fins. 



9. Mugil Jerdoni, A. |, L. 1. 31-32, L. tr. 10. Broad posterior eyelid. Head 5 to 5^, height of body 

 5_in the total length. Eyes 3|- in length of head, 1/2 a diameter from end of snout. Extremity of maxilla 

 visible. Anterior 1/2 of anal before second dorsal. No elongated axillary scale, 18 rows before dorsal fin, tenth 

 and nineteenth scales of lateral-line correspond to origins of first and second dorsal fins. 



10. Mugil Dussmnieri, A. |, L. 1. 29-31, L. tr. 12. Broad posterior eyelid. Head 5 to .5|-, height of body 

 4i to 5 in the total length. Eyes 4 to 4i in length of head, 3/4 to 1 diameter from end of snout. Teeth in 

 upper jaw. Extremity of maxilla visible. Anterior 1/2 of anal before origin of second dorsal. No lono- axillarv 

 scale, 18 rows before dorsal fin, ninth and twentieth scales of lateral-line correspond to origins of first and 

 second dorsal fins. 



11. Mugil subviridis, A. |, L. 1. 30, L. tr. 11. Broad posterior eyelid. Head 5, heiglit of body 4f in the 

 total length. Eye.s 4 in length of head, 3/4 of a diameter from end of snout. No teeth in jaws. Extremity of 

 maxilla visible. Anterior 1/2 of anal before origin of second dorsal. No long axillary scale, 20 rows before 

 dorsal fin, tenth and twentieth scales of lateral-line correspond to origins of first and second dorsal fins. 



12. Mugil oeur, A. |, L. 1. 42-44, L. tr. 14. Broad anterior and posterior eyelids. Head 4^ to 4f, height 

 of body 6| to Sf in the total length. Eyes 4j in length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout. ' Extremity of 

 maxilla scarcely ^dsible. Anal commences opposite origin of second dorsal. A long axillary scale, 23 rows 

 before dorsal fin, twelfth and twenty-fifth scales of the lateral-line correspond to origins of first and second 

 dorsal fins. An oblique blue band over the base of the pectoral fin. 



B. No adipose eyelids. 



13. Mugil corsnla, A. f , L. 1. 48-52, L. tr. 15. Head 4^ to 4|, Iieight of body 6 to 61 in the total length. 

 Eyes elevated, 1/7 in length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout. Extremity of maxilla visible. Anal about 

 1/2 in front of origin of second dorsal. No long axillary scale, 28 rows before dorsal fin, sixteenth and thirty- 

 fourth rows of the lateral-line correspond to the origins of first and second dorsal fins. Ascends rivers. 



14. Mugil HamiUonii, A. f, L. 1. 44, L. tr. 18. Head 4^ to 4i, height of body 4^ to 5 in the total 

 length. Eyes 3^- to 4 in length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout. Opercle with a spine. Extremity of 

 maxilla visible. Anal with its first third before the origin of the second dorsal. No long axillary scale, 

 34 rows before dorsal fin, seventeenth scale of the lateral-Une corresponds to the origin of the first dorsal fin! 

 Fresh waters of Burma. 



15. Mugil seheli, A. |, L. 1. 42-43, L. tr. 13-14. Head 4f to 5, height of body 4f to 5^ in the total 

 length. Eyes 3^ to 4 in length of head, 1/2 a diameter from end of snout. Extremity of niaxilla usually 

 concealed. Anal commences slightly before the second dorsal. A long axillary scale, 21 or 22 rows before the 

 dorsal fin, twelfth and twenty-fourth scales of lateral-Une correspond to the origins of first and second 

 dorsal fins. 



16. Mugil crenilabris, A. f, L. 1. 41, L. tr. 13. Head 4f to 6, height of body 4f to 5 in tlie total length. 

 Eyes 3i in length of head, 3/4 of a diameter from end of snout. Lips thick, ci-cnulated. Anal commences 

 opposite the second dorsal. No long axillary scale, 20 rows before dorsal fin, thu-teenth and twenty-fourth scales 

 of lateral-line coiTcspond to origins of first and second dorsal fins. A black spot in axilla. 



17. Mugil cascasia, A. ^^^, L. 1. 36-39, L. tr. 16-18. Head 4^, height of body U to SJ in the total 

 length. Eyes 3^- to 4 in length of head, 3/4 to 1 diameter from end of snout. Anal" commences under origin 

 of second dorsal. No long axillary scale, 16 rows before dorsal fin, seventh and twenty-fourth scales of lateral- 

 line correspond to origins of first and second dorsal fins. Rivers of Eastern Bengal, and N. W. Provinces, also 

 Assam. 



18. Mugil ccf^ruleo-maculatus, A. |, L. 1. 38, L. tr. 12. Head 5 to 5f , height of body 4^ to 4f in the total 

 length. Eyes 4 in length of head, 1 diameter fi-om end of snout. Anal commences under origin of second 

 dorsal. A long axillary scale, 21 rows before dorsal fin, twelfth and twenty-fourth of lateral-line correspond to 

 origins of first and second dorsal fins. A dark axillary spot. 



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