1. MUGIL. 435 



length of the anterior dorsal spines exceeds somewhat one-half of that 

 of the head. The twelfth scale of the lateral line corresponds to the 

 extremity of the pectoral and to the origin of the anterior dorsal, the 

 twenty-fifth to the origin of the posteiior, and to the tliird soft rav 

 of the anal fin ; the vertical fins without scales ; caudal slightly 

 emarginate. The pectoral is inserted above the middle of the depth 

 of the body, the ventral a little nearer to the root of the pectoral 

 than to the dorsal. The least depth of the tail is less than one-half 

 of the length of the head. Dorsal and caudal fins with indistinct 

 blackish margins ; sometimes a black sj^ot superiorly at the base of 

 the pectoral. 



Red Sea. East Indian Seas. 



a-c. Half-grown and young: skins. Malayan Peninsula. From 



Dr. Cantor's Collection. — Types of his description. 

 d. Young. Amboyna. Pui'chased of Mr. Frank. 



27. Mugil speigleri. 



Bleek. Natimrk. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ltd. xvi. p. 279, and Act. Soc. Sc. 

 Indo-Nederl. vi., Borneo, xiii. p. 58. 



D. 4 ||. A. |- L. lat. 40-42. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 

 and one-fifth of the total ; the diameter of the eye is contained thi'ice 

 and two-fifths in the length of the head, and once and two-fifths in 

 the width of the interorbital space. Eye with a broad adipose mem- 

 brane anteriorly and posteriorly ; prasorbital scaly, scarcely emar- 

 ginate or denticiilated ; snout obtuse, convex, shorter than the eye ; 

 the maxillary extends beyond the prajorbital and is visible ; upper 

 lip rather thin ; a shallow groove before the vomer. There are about 

 twenty scales between the snout and the spinous dorsal fui ; an 

 elongate scale in the axil. The least depth of the tail is one-half of 

 the length of the head. The doi-sal fins are nearly equal in height ; 

 the spines are rather slender, the first being longer than the part of 

 the head behind the orbit, and situated much nearer to the end of 

 the snout than to the base of the caudal. The soft dorsal is nearly 

 entirely scaly, and scarcely higher than long. The anal fiu is scaly, 

 scarcely higher, but longer, than the soft dorsal fin ; its anterior third 

 is situated before the origin of the soft dorsal. Caudal fin slightly 

 emarginate, its length being contained four times and two-thirds in 

 the total. Pectoral as long as, or longer than, the head. Coloration 

 uniform ; dorsal and caudal fins minutely dotted with broAvn ; a 

 blackish spot superiorly at the base of the pectoral. {Bl.) 



Coasts of Java, Borneo, and Halmaheira. 



28. Mugil waigiensis. 



Mugil waigiensis, Qiioi/ 8fGaim. Voi/. Frexjc. Poiss. p. -337. pi. 59. fig. 2 ; 

 Blcek. Nafmtrk. Ti/dschr. Nederl Lid. xvi. p. 276; Afl. 3Ii/ffU. tab. 2. 

 fig. 2 : Act. Soc. Sc. Lido-Nederl. \\\., Borneo, xiii. p. 43. 



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