1. MUGIL. 445 



middle between the end of the snout and the base of the caudal fin. 

 The soft dorsal fin is nearly entu-ely scaly : anal scaly, higher and 

 longer than the soft dorsal ; it commences scarcely before the dorsal : 

 caudal emarginate, its length being rather less than one-fourth of the 

 total. Pectoral nearly as long as the head. Coloration uniform ; 

 axil with a blackish spot. (BL) 



East Indian Archipelago. (? New Guinea, Mauritius.) 



40. Mugil caeruleo-maculatus. 



P Mugil cenileo-maculatus, Zaccp. v. pp. 385, 389 ; Cuv. &■ Veil. xi. 



p. 128. 

 Mugil cferuleo-maculatus, Bleek. Riouw, p. 484, and^4c<. Soc. Sc. Indo- 



Nederl. viii., Sumatra, ix. p. 5. 



D. 4 I i-. A. ^. L. lat. 38. L. transv. 12. 



The height of the body is contained four times and a quarter to 

 four times and two-thirds in the total length, the length of the 

 head five times to five times and two-thirds. Snout not depressed, 

 convex ; the upper lip is thick, without fleshy ft-inges. The prse- 

 orbital is not emarginate, scarcely denticulated, and covers entirely 

 the maxiUary. Eye without adipose membrane. The pectoral is 

 longer than the head ; the length of the anterior dorsal spines is less 

 than one-half of that of the head. The second dorsal and the anal 

 are scaly, and commence nearly in the same vertical ; caudal forked. 

 A blackish spot superiorly at the base of the pectoral. 



Coasts of Mauritius. East Indian Archipelago. 



41. Mugil bleekerL 



Mugil borbonicus, Bleek. Natuurk. Tijdschr. Nederl. Lid. xviii. 1859, 

 p. 375 (not Cant, not Cuv. ^ Val.). 



D. 4 ||. A. 1. L. lat. 38-39. L. transv. 13-14. 



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

 the total length, the length of the head four times and three-foirrths 

 or five times. Snout somewhat pointed, shorter than the eye ; the 

 width of the interorbital space is contained twice and one-third in 

 the length of the head. Lips thin : the prseorbital is slightly emar- 

 ginate anteriorly, with the denticuLition more distinct posteriorly than 

 inferiorly ; it covers the maxillary, except its hindmost extremity. 

 Eye without developed adipose membrane. There are about twenty 

 scales between the spinous dorsal and the snout. The length of the 

 anterior dorsal spines is one-half of that of the head : the pectoral is 

 nearly as long as the head: the anal commences in, or scarcely 

 before, the vertical from the origin of the opposite dorsal fin ; both 

 are scaly: caudal emarginate. The least depth of the tail is some- 

 what more than one-half the length of the head. A black spot 

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



Rivers of Banka. 



This species difi'ers from M. horhonicus, Cuv. & Yal., in not having 



