15Y WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S. 117 



Concentrically striated, those of tlie trunk more regularly ctenoid. 

 The spur scale of the dorsal reaches beyond the end of the fin, 



that of the pectorals measures two-fifths of the length of the fin. 

 All examples show a large bluish warty spot at the base of the 

 pectorals, and many alternate clear and clouded stripes along the 

 scale rows. Length 3 — 11". From Java, Manilla, and New 

 Holland. 



1). 4. 1/8. A. 3/8. L. lat. 39-10. 



I have never seen this fish, but Kner, who is an accurate 

 observer and an acknowledged authority, announces it as a Port 

 Jackson fish in his work on the Fishes of the Novara Expedition, 

 and there is no reason to suppose that he is wrong. AVe may 

 conclude however that it is not a common fish, and therefore 

 cannot be reckoned among the useful species. 



4. Mugil augexteijs, Gunth. 

 Cat. Brit. Mus. Ill, p. 424, Journ. Mus. Grodef. 



I). 4. 1/8. A. 3 9. L. lat. 28. L. transv. 10. 



"The height of the body is contained four-times in the total 

 length, the length of the head four-times and two-thirds, the 

 caudal fin nearly five-times. An adipose membrane covers one- 

 half of the iris anteriorly and posteriorly. The upper profile is 

 strongly arched. The interorbital space is flat, and its width is 

 two-fifths or the length of the head. The snout is rather broad, 

 shorter than the e3*e, the upper lip being moderately thick, 

 truncated, and forming its front margin. The anterior margins 

 of the two mandibular}- bones form an obtuse angle, and the cleft 

 of the mouth is thrice as broad as it is deep. The free space 

 at the chin, between the mandibles is narrow, elongate, lanceolate ; 

 the maxillary is entirely hidden ; the prreorbital with a notch 

 anteriorly, and with the extremity truncated. There are eighteen 

 Males between the snout and the dorsal. The pectoral is as long 

 as the head, the length of the snout not included, and extends 



