278 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.56. 



on examples 280 to 290 mm. long, with the eye 4 in head, pectoral 

 1^ in body depth, and upper caudal lobe violet. Hemiramplius 

 guineensis, Bleeker,^ certainly to be referred to my African material, 

 is another synonym as long pointed out by Giinther. Bleeker's 

 figure is faulty in that it shows the lateral line contmuous to the 

 caudal base. 



MUGIL CUREMA Valenciennes. 



Head, 3|; depth 3f to 3^; D. IV-I, 8; A. Ill, 9; scales, 38 from 

 shoulder to caudal base; 12 scales transversely between soft dorsal 

 and anal origins; 28 to 30 predorsal scales; snout, 3§ to 4 in head; 

 eye, 3§ to 4; maxillary, 3^ to 4; interorbital, 2| to 2f. Body well 

 compressed, deepest at spinous dorsal origin. Least depth of caudal 

 peduncle l-f^ to 1^ its length, or 2^ to 2f in head. Head width, If 

 its length. Snout length half its width. Adipose eyelid broad, 

 and hind eye edge about midway in head length. Each lip with row 

 of fine or small cilliform teeth, and above inner imperfect row. 

 Maxillary to hind nostril, well exposed. Interorbital broadly convex. 

 Preorbital edge minutely serrate. Rakers 35 + 60, fine, lanceolate, 

 2 in filaments which about I of eye. Scales with about 10 basal 

 radii. Soft dorsal and anal densely scaly to edges, and caudal scaly 

 except hind edge. Spinous dorsal inserted about midway between 

 snout tip and caudal base, first spine If to 1| in head. Soft dorsal 

 inserted well behind anal origin, or about midway between spinous 

 dorsal origin and caudal base. Anal inserted behind depressed spin- 

 ous dorsal tip, first branched rays longest. Caudal deeply forked, 

 about 1^ to 1| in head, pectoral 1^ to 1|, ventral If to If. Color in 

 alcohol ohve-brown, paler below. Fins all pale brownish, pectoral 

 base slightly leaden and hind caudal edge dusky. Length of two 

 examples from Loando, 172 to 182 mm. 



These specimens agree entirely with American. An example, 165 

 mm., from Santo Domingo, West Indies, has rakers 36 + 54. The 

 species is interesting as an addition to the fauna of West Africa. 



LIZA SALIENS (Risso.) 



Head, 3^ to 3 J; depth, 3^ to 3|; D. IV-I, 8; A. Ill, 9; scales, 

 34 to 38, from shoulder to median caudal base and 6 more on latter; 

 13 or 14 scales between soft dorsal and anal origins; 25 to 28 pre- 

 dorsal scales; snout, 3f to 3f in head; eye, 4| to 4§; maxillary, 31 

 to ^; interorbital, 2f to 2|. Body moderately long, weU com- 

 pressed, deepest about spinous dorsal origin. Caudal peduncle weU 

 compressed, least depth, 1| to H its length, or 2 1 to 2 J in head. 

 Head width. If to 2 in its length. Snout wide, length about three- 

 fifths its width. Eye advanced, hind edge about midway in head. 



1 Nat. Verhandel. HoU. Maats. Wet. Haarlem, vol. 18, 1863, No. 2, p. 119, pi. 25, fig. 2. Annonkor 

 Boutry, Guinea. 



