236 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PBODUCT/OXS. 



Of a uniform brown colour, or covered with large yellow blotelies. 

 Burma (Rangoon). 



M. ziBRixrs, Blyth. 



Nga-myuwe-ilo-wet-toung. Ngii-yeng-bho (Tavoy). 



B. ^-i. ; D. 28-29 : 50-52 ; P. 19 ; A. 3 : 51-56 ; C. 19. 



Yellow, with vertical blue stripes. Pins striped or spotted. 



Burma and the Upper Irrawaddy Yalley. 



b. Vertical Jim confluent with the Caudal. 

 M. ARiiATCs, Lacep. 

 Kga-myuwe-do. 

 B. vi. ; D. 32-39 : 74-90 ; P. 23 ; A. 3 : 75-88. 



Greenish, marbled and spotted, with or without undulating lines, or rieh brown, 

 lighter below ; in some a dark undulating band through the eye along the sido 

 siii)eriorly, and above it sometimes a row of black spots. Fins usually spotted. 

 Grows to 2 feet, and is excellent eating. 



Burma, in fresh and brackish waters. 



The colours of the Mastacembali vary considerably with age and locality. They 

 are all excellent eating. 



Family Mugilidae. 



Branchiostegals 4 to 6. Pseudobrauchia:. Gills 4. Gill openings wide. Body 

 compressed posteriorly and often depressed anteriorly. Teeth very fine, sometimes 

 absent. Two dorsal fins. 



MuGiL, Artcdi. 



A. Adipose eyelids well developed. 



None of tliis section are quoted by Day from any Burma locality, though no 

 doubt many species occiu- on the coast, as he enumerates 12 from the " seas of India." 



B. Ko adipose eyelids. 

 M. coRsuLA, Ham. Buch. 

 Nga-zyn. 

 B. vi. ; D. 4 y^5 ; P. 15 ; Y. \ ; A. |-; C. 15. 



Dorsal profile nearly horizontal. Eyes elevated. Snout overhanging. A single 

 row of fine teeth in either jaw. Dull brown above, lighter below. Dorsal and 

 caudal fins tinged grey. Eyes golden. Peritoneum black. These fish swim with 

 their goggle eyes just above the water. When alarmed, they slip their heads below 

 the surface, and after some vigorous shoots reappear some distance in advance, swim- 

 ming usually not far beneath the surface. They grow to li feet or more, and are 

 excellent eating, as are most of the species. 



Rivers in Burma (and India) far above the tideway. 



M. Hamiltoxii, Day. 



B. \i. ; D. 4 J ; P. 13 ; Y. i ; A. J ; C. 15. 



Interorbital region more convex than in 31. corsula. Teeth none. Silvery shot 

 with gold, and plumbeous along the back. Grows to 4^ inches. 

 Rivers of Burma. 



M. CEENtLABEis, Forsk. 



B. vi.; D. 4J; P. 17; Y. i; A. C; C. 16. 



Upper lip very thick, forming the end of tho snout, and with five rows of soft 

 tubercles along its lower foui-th, the lower of which are branched. Lower lip thick, 



