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uated to third which is longest, first much shortest, and origin of fin 

 nearly opposite tip of depressed spinous dorsal. Caudal forked, lobes 

 pointed and angular, when expanded emarginate. Pectoral small, 

 reacliing origin of spinous dorsal and its origin level with upper margin 

 of orbit. Ventral inserted a little before middle of pectoral, its spine 

 about f length of fin. 



Color in alcohol brownish, back and upper surface deep dull 

 olivaceous-brown. A dusky blotch at base of pectoral. No dark 

 streaks present along series of scales. Fins pale, dorsals and caudal 

 a trifle darker. 



Length 4f inches. 



One example. Paramaribo, Surinam. Dr. Hering. Also fourteen 

 others with same data. 



Mugil gilntheri Steindachner is said to have 46 or 47 scales in a lateral 

 series to the base of the caudal. I am unable to count more than 44 

 scales in any of the above examples. 



LIZA Jordan and Swain. 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VII, 1884, p. 261 {capita = ramada). 



Subgenus LIZA Jordan and Swaiii.'"' 

 Type Mugil ramada Risso. 

 Upper lip thin, not enlarged. 



Liza cascasia (Hamilton). 



Mugil cascasia Hamilton, Ace. Fish. Ganges, 1822, pp. 217, 380. Northern 

 rivers of Bengal. 



One example from the Ganges river, India. 



Liza alosoides sp. nov. Plate XLV (upper figure). 



Head 31; depth 3i; D. IV-I, 8; A. Ill, 9; P. ii, 15; V. I, 5; scales 

 38 in a lateral series to base of caudal (squamation injured) ; about 13? 

 scales in an oblique transverse series back from origin of spinous dorsal : 

 18 scales before spinous dorsal; width of head 1| in its length; depth 

 of head 1^; snout 4^; eye 3§; maxillary 3J; interorbital space 2|: 

 first dorsal spine 2; first branched dorsal ray l^'g-; third anal spine 

 2^; first anal ray If; pectoral 14-; ventral If; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2^. 



Body rather deep, well compressed, greatest depth about median, 

 and profiles evenly and similarly convex. Caudal peduncle com- 

 pressed, its least depth about equal to its length. 



^ Other species examined are Liza ramada (Risso), Liza aurita (Risso), and 

 Liza saliens (Risso). 



