1. MVGIL. 47)3 



maxillary is not entirely hidden by the prajorbital ; no pointed scale 

 in the axil of the pectoral fin. ( Val.) 

 North-west coast of New Holland. 



53. Mugil falcipinnis. 

 Cuv. ^ Val. xi. p. 105. 



D. 4 1 -I-. A. ^. Cjec. pylor. 17. 



Eyes without adipose membrane. The proeorbital is not obliquely 

 truncated and covers entirely the maxillary bone. No large scale in 

 the axil of the pectoral. Root of the pectoral above the middle of 

 the body ; anal emarginate. ( Val.) 



i^negal. 



54. Mugil broussonetii. 

 Cuv. 8f Val. xi. p. 117. 



D.4|f A.f 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is onc- 

 fifth of the total. Eyes with an adipose membrane ; maxillary 

 hidden. The upper lip is thick, produced posteriorly into a jjronu- 

 nence wliich is received between the two nasal bones. Pectoral 

 shorter than the head ; the soft doi-sal and anal scaly ; caudal emar- 

 ginate. {Vul.) 



South Sea. 



55. Mugil labeo. 



Sabounie (Nice). 



Mugil labeo, Cuv. Reqne Anim. ; Bonup. Faun. Ital. Peso. ; Cuv. ^ 

 Val. xi. p. 55. pi. 310. 



provensalis, var. A, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 346. 



provenf alis, Risso, Eur. Mcrid. iii. p. 391. 



D. 4 1 1. A. ^. Cffic. pylor. 7. 



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

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

 moderately depressed; the interorbital space slightly convex, its width 

 being nearly one-half of the length of the head. The upper lip is 

 very thick, the lower slightly notched before the symphysis ; the 

 angle made by the two mandibulary bones is very obtuse ; the praj- 

 orbital does not entirely cover the maxillary bone. Eyes without 

 adipose -membrane ; nostrils close together, and less distant from 

 each other than the posterior is from the eye. The chin is entirely 

 covered by the mandibularies, or they leave between them only an 

 exceedingly narrow strip uncovered. The length of the two an- 

 terior dorsal spines is contained twice and a half in that of the head. 

 The pectoral terminates at some distance from the vertical from the 

 origin of the dorsal, and its root is above the middle of the body. 

 Dark shining stripes along the scries of scales. 



Mediterranean. 



