1. MUGIL. 429 



nearly equal in height ; pectoral abont as long as th^ head ; caudal 

 ti'uncated. 



East Indian Archipelago, 



a. Half-grown. East Indies. Presented by G. R. Waterhousc, Esq. 



19. Mugil kelaartii. 

 D. 4 1 1. A. |. L. lat. 32-33. L. transv. 12. 



The height of the body is contained four times and a half in the 

 total length, the length of the head five times. Ej'e with a broad 

 anterior and posterior adipose membrane. Snout as long as the 

 orbit. The upper lip is rather thin, situated obliquely at the lower 

 side of the snout. The pectoral fin extends to, or slightly beyond, 

 the origin of the spinous dorsal, and is somewhat shorter than the 

 head. The anterior third of the anal fin is before the soft dorsal. 

 Maxillary entirely hidden. 



Ceylon. Philippine Islands. 



a. Foiu' and a half inches long. Point de GaUe. Presented by Sir 



A. Smith. 



b. Foui' and a half inches long. Philippine Islands. 

 Description. — The body is compressed, its greatest depth being 



contaiiied four times and a half in the total length ; the least depth 

 of the tail is one-half of the length of the head. The upper profile 

 does not descend in so strong a curve as that in which the lower 

 ascends. The interorbital space is convex, its width being two- 

 fifths of the length of the head. The snout is as long as the eye, 

 convex, with a somewhat sharp edge ; the upper lip is entii'cly at 

 its lower side. The angle made by the anterior margins of the man- 

 dibles is a right one, and the cleft of the mouth is a little more than 

 twice as broad as it is deep ; the free space at the chin, between the 

 mandibles, is short, narrow, lanceolate. The maxillary is entirely 

 hidden ; the praeorbital has a slight notch anteriorly and a rounded 

 denticulated extremity. The nostrils are at some distance from each 

 other, the posterior being in the middle between anterior and orbit. 

 Eyelids very broad, covering the greater part of the iris. 



The pectoral extends to the eleventh scale of the lateral line, to, 

 or slightly beyond, the origin of the spinous dorsal, and is a little 

 shorter than the whole head ; it is inserted somewhat above the 

 middle of the depth of the body, and has a long pointed scale in its 

 axil. There are nineteen scries of scales between the snout and the 

 spinous dorsal fin. The latter commences in the middle of the 

 distance between snout and base of the caudal, or in the vertical 

 from the eleventh scale of the lateral line. The anterior dorsal 

 spines are rather strong, three-fifths the length of the head. The 

 second dorsal commences in the vertical from the fourth soft anal 

 ray, or from the twenty-second scale ; it is scaly, higher than long, 

 nearly as high as the spinous dorsal, but lower than the anal. 

 Caudal scaly, emarginate. Anal scaly, as long as the dorsal is high. 

 Greenish, shining silvery. 



