430 MUGII.ID.E. 



20. Mugil engeli. 



Bleeher iq Natuurk. Tijihchr. Ncdcrl. Ind. xvi. p. 277, and in Act. Sue. 

 Sc. Indo-Nederl. vii., Sumatra, viii. p. 78. 



D. 4 I i.. A. |. L. lat. 33-34. L. transv. 10-11. 



The height of the body is contained five times or five times and 

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

 a half to four times and three-fourths. The diameter of the eye is 

 one-third or rather less than one-third of the length of the head, 

 and contained once and a fourth in the width of the interorbital space. 

 Eye with a broad anterior and posterior adipose membrane, Praj- 

 orbital scaly, shghtly emarginate, indistinctly denticulated. Snout 

 obtuse, convex, shorter than the eye. The maxillary is entirely 

 hidden; upper hp thin. There are ^eighteen scales between the 

 snout and the anterior dorsal fin ; an elongate scale in the axil. The 

 least depth of the tail is two-fifths of the length of the head. The 

 spinous dorsal fin is a little higher than the soft ; spines rather 

 slender, the first being the longest and strongest, as long as the 

 portion of the head behind the orbit ; it is somewhat nearer to the 

 base of the caudal than to the extremity of the snout ; the soft dorsal 

 is much higher than long ; the length of the pectoral equals the 

 length of the head, the extent of the snout not included. The 

 anterior half of the anal is before the vertical from the origin of the 

 soft dorsal fin ; the anal is scarcely higher than long, a little higher 

 and much longer than the soft dorsal. Caudal fin slightly emarginate, 

 two-ninths of the total length. Coloration uniform. (Bl.) 



Coasts of Java, Sumatra, and Bali. 



21. Mugil cantoris. 



Bleeker in Verhand. lialav. Genootsch. xxv., Beng. Sf Hmdost. p. 100. 

 tab, 1. fig. 4. 



D-4|^- A.^. L. lat. 33. 



The height of the body is contained four times and one-third to 

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

 four times and a half to five times and a half. Interorbital space and 

 snout convex ; eye with an anterior and posterior adipose membrane ; 

 its diameter is contained thrice and one-third to thrice and two-thirds 

 in the length of the head ; the upper labial teeth are visible by the 

 naked eye ; a very shallow groove before the vomer ; snout shorter 

 than the eye, not projecting beyond the mouth. The praeorbital has 

 a very distinct notch anteriorly, and covers entirely the maxillaiy ; 

 upper lip thin. The dorsal fins are nearly equal in height, the 

 posterior much higher than long ; the length of the pectoral equals 

 that of the head, the snout not included ; the anal is scaly, com- 

 mences before the vertical from the origin of the dorsal, is higher 

 than long, and much longer than the soft dorsal fin ; the scale in the 

 axil is not much elongate. Caudal emarginate. {Bl.) 



Eiver Hooghly (Calcutta). 



The specimens were from 08 to 130 millimetres long. 



