BY "WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S. 421 



7. Mugil Pekonii, Cuv. and Val. 



Gunth. Cat. Brit. Mus., Vol. III., p. 452. Casteln. Proc. Linn. 

 Soc, N.S. Wales.. Vol. III., p. 



D. 4. 1/9. A. 3/10. L. lat. 41. Csbc. pylor. 2. 



Upper profile straight, snout longer than the eye, maxillary 

 not entirely hidden by the prreorbital ; no adipose eyelid, no 

 pointed scale in pectoral axil, caudal compressed, very high and 

 very strongly emarginate ; body compressed, its greatest height 

 being behind the centre. Colour very silvery ; back black, with 

 a blue tinge, fins dark, a bright golden spot on the opercle in 

 front of the pectorals, and another behind the eye. 



This species was originally described by Valenciennes as 

 coming from the North West Coast of New Holland. This would 

 appear to be a mistake. Count Castelnau points out in the Proc. 

 Zool. and Acclim. Soc, of Victoria, Vol. II., p. 151, that the 

 locality from which the specimen named Peronii by Valenciennes 

 came, was Western Port in Victoria. It is not however found in 

 great numbers in that colony. In Port Jackson it is known as 

 the Flat-tail Mullet. Like M. (/ranch's and dohula, it is very plentiful 

 at spawning time, which I am told is rather later than that of the 

 others. It is a very fine fish, averaging about a foot in length. 

 The broad high tail, and the eye without adipose lid, make this 

 species readily recognizable from any of the others found in Port 

 Jackson 



8. Mugil compresstjs, Gunth. 



Cat. Brit. Mus., Vol., III., p. 451. 



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



"Adipose ej'elid none ; upper lip rather thin ; the greatest depth 

 of the body is below the spinous dorsaJ, where it is contained 

 four-times and two-thirds in the total length. The extremity of 

 the maxillary is conspicuous behind and below the angle of the 



