458 MUGILIDJ5. 



not projecting beyond the mouth, shorter than the ej'c. The upper 

 lip is very thick, with obtuse indistinct papillae inferiorly ; the lower 

 without fringes, notched at the symphysis. The praeorbital is scarcely 

 emarginate anteriorly, and does not entirely cover the maxillary. 

 The pectorals are nearly as long as the head ; the soft dorsal and the 

 anal are scaly ; the latter commences before the dorsal. Caudal 

 deeply emarginate. A black spot sometimes superiorly at the base 

 of the pectoral. (Bl.) 



Coasts and rivers of Batjan, Celebes, Coram, and Java. 



61. Mugil crenilabis. 



Mugil crenilabis, Forsk. Dcser. Anim. p. 73 ; Cuv. 8f Val. xi. p. 123 ; 



(not Riipp.). 

 fasciatus, Cuv. fy Val. xi. p. 125. 



D.4|f A.f 



The height of the body is contained four times and a thii-d in the 

 total length, the length of the head five times. The upper lip is very 

 tliick, with small fleshy fringes ; the lower notched before the sym- 

 physis and also fringed. The maxiUary is entirely hidden by the 

 prajorbital; praeorbital not notched anteriorly. Eyes without adi- 

 pose membrane. The second dorsal and the anal are scaly ; caudal 

 forked. 



Red Sea. 



Q2. Mugil macrochilus. 



Mugil, sp., Jenyns, Zool. Beacile, Fishes, p. 81. 

 Mugil macrocheilos, Bleek. Kokos, p. 43. 



D.4|i-. 



A. ^. L. lat. 41-42. 



The height of the body is contained five times and one-foiu'th in 

 the total length, the length of the head five times and two-fifths ; 

 the width of the interorbital space is one-half of the latter. The 

 snout is obtuse, projecting beyond the mouth, and as long as the eye. 

 Both lips are fringed ; the upper is very thick, its fringes standing in 

 a single series, obtuse and denticulated. The prseorbital has no notch 

 anteriorly, and the maxillary is nearly entirely hidden when the 

 mouth is closed. Eyes without adipose membrane. The pectoral is 

 nearly as long as the head ; the second dorsal and the anal are scaly, 

 and both commence in nearly the same vertical. Caudal forked ; a 

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



Coasts of Kokos Island and of Java. 



63. Mugil riippellii. 



Mugil crenilabris, Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 132 ; (not Cuv. 8f Vol.). 

 D. 4 1 4-. A. -. L. lat. 40. L. transv. 14. 



I 8 9 



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

 total length, the length of the head five times. The snout is broad. 



