BV WILLIAM MACLEA.Y, F.L.S., &C. 41 



1124. Mugil LONGIMANUS. Gunth. 



Cat. Ill, p. 428. 



D. 4/i. A. 3/9. L. lat. 35. 



The height of the body is contained four times and two-thirds 

 or five times in the total length ; the length of the head five times 

 or five times and a fourth. The width of the interorbital space is 

 about one-half the length of the head. Eye with an adipose 

 membrane anteriorly and posteriorly. Snout very convex, with 

 the upper lip rather thick. The maxillary is entirely hidden 

 when the mouth is closed. The two dorsal fins and the anal are 

 nearly equal in height ; pectoral about as long as the head ; 

 caudal truncated." 



Cleveland Bay. (Klunzinger.) 



1125. MUGIL GELATINOSUS. KluDZ. 



Archiv. fur Naturg., 1872. Sitzb. der K. Akad. der Wissensch, 

 1879, Tab. VIII., fig. 1. 



D. 4/J. A. 2/8. P. 15. L. iat. 42. L. tr. 12. 



Height of body oh, and length of head 5 times in the total 

 length. Body elongate, rather compressed. Profile of head at 

 the snout a little convex ; forehead transversely slightly convex ; 

 upper lip thick, on both lips small cilia, knot of the under jaw 

 simple. Groove of the vomer deep. Lower margin of the prae" 

 orbital straight without serrature. Maxillary narrow posterioi'ly, 

 not hidden under the praaorbital, and not reaching the anterior 

 margin of the eye. The eye has highly developed anterior and 

 posterior lids, with a gelatinous mass in front and behind. The 

 space on the chin is of an elongate lance-shape. The margin 

 of the operculum is simply curved. Scales lai'ge, conspicuous and 

 striated, the stria? on the breast a little oblique. The 1st spine of 

 the 1st dorsal is situated in the middle of the body (excluding the 

 caudal fin) it is short and strong, the others are slender and 

 flexible ; the anal is situated a little nearer the head than the 2nd 

 dorsal. Pectorals short, triangular, 1£ in the head ; ventrals a 

 little shorter; caudal deeply forked, forks pointed. Colour as 

 usual, pectoral fin blackish behind, margin hyaline ; 2nd dorsal 

 and caudal blackish margined. 45 Ctm. 



Hobson's Bay. (Klunzinger.) 



