4!:A MTTGILlDiE. 



pointed scale in its axil. The eleventh and the twentieth scales of 

 the lateral line correspond to the orif^in of the dorsal fins ; the soft 

 dorsal and the anal fins are scaly ; nearly the whole of the anterior 

 half of the latter is before the origin of the opposite dorsal fin. 

 Caudal emarginate. Greenish shining golden. 

 Coast of Malabar. Madras, 



a. Half-grown. Madras. Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



I'l. Mugil nepalensis. 

 D. 4 I J-. A. -5-. L. lat. 29. L. transv. 11. 



The height of the body is contained five times in the total length, 

 the length of the head five times and a half; the latter equals the 

 length of the caudal fin. An adipose membrane covers a portion of 

 the iris anteriorly and posteriorly. The upper profile, from the dorsal 

 to the forehead, is nearly straight. The interorbital space is flat, and 

 its width is three-sevenths of the length of the head. The upper lip 

 is moderately thick, and forms the front margin of the snout. The 

 anterior margins of the two mandibulary bones form an obtuse angle, 

 and the cleft of the mouth is very much broader than deep. The 

 praeorbital is scaly, angularly bent, and has its extremity obliquely 

 truncated and indistinctly denticulated. The extremity of the 

 maxillary is conspicuous behind and below the mouth. Theie are 

 sixteen series of scales between the spinous dorsal and the snout. 

 The pectoral extends to the seventh scale of the lateral line, and is 

 a nttle shorter than the head, the length of the snout not included ; 

 it has no elongate scale in its axil. The anterior dorsal commences 

 above the tenth scale of the lateral line, a httle nearer to the snout 

 than to the base of the caudal fin ; its anterior spines are stout, nearly 

 equal in length, and scarcely more than haK the length of the head ; 

 there is an elongate j^omted scale at its base. The soft dorsal and 

 the anal are enveloped in scales, and lower than the spinous dorsal ; 

 the former commences above the nineteenth scale, or above the an- 

 terior third of the anal fin. Caudal slightly emarginate. 



Fresh waters of Nepal. 



a. Eight inches long : skin. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, 

 Esq. 



12. Mugil argenteus. 



Mugil argenteus, Quoij ^ Gaitn. Voij. Uran. Poiss. p. 338. pi. 59. fig. 3 



(very bad). 

 ferrandi, Cuv. ^ Vol xi. p. 142. 



D. 4 I -1-. A. i-. L. lat. 28. L. transv. 10. 



I 8 9 



The height of the body is contained four times in the total length, 

 the length of the head four times and two-thirds, the caudal fin 

 nearly five times. An adipose membrane covers onu-half of the iris 

 anteriorly and posteriorly. The upper profile is strongly arched. 

 The interorbital space is flat, and its width is two-llfths of the length 



