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of snout than base of caudal, higher than the soft dorsal, height of the 

 first spine equal to the width of head; tenth and twenty-eighth scales 

 of lateral series below the origins of the two dorsals, soft dorsal in- 

 serted behind the origin of the anal; pectoral fin extending beyond the 

 root of the ventral, tip reaching to tenth scale of lateral series; vcntrals 

 inserted midway between pectorals and spinous dorsal; anal fin oppo- 

 site the soft dorsal, anterior ray longest; caudal fin forked; depth of 

 caudal peduncle 2.22 in the length of head. 



Bod}' covered with large cycloid scales; head entirely scaled; soft 

 dorsal, anal, pectorals, \-entrals, and base of the caudal covered with 

 small scales; spinous dorsal and ventrals with pointed scaly flaps. 



Color in formalin grayish above, lower parts silvery; pectorals, 

 dorsals and caudal dusky, the rest of the fins whitish. 



Length of body 185 mm. 



Described from a specimen from Shinio-Tamusui River, collected 

 by T. Aoki in December, 191 6. 



Habitat: Shimo-Tamusui River, Taihoku (collected in the fish- 

 market). 



Measurements of Mugil carinatus. 



Genus Liza Jordan & Swain. 



1884. Liza Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VII, p. 261. (Type Mugil 

 capilo Cuvier.) 



Body robust, more or less oblong and compressed, head and body 

 covered with large cycloid scales; lateral line none. Mouth subin- 

 ferior, more or less transverse; anterior margin of the mandible thin 

 and sharp. Gill-openings wide. Eyes lateral and anterior, adipose 

 eyelid obsolete. Two dorsal fins, the first consisting of four stiff 

 spines; anal opposite the soft dorsal, slightly longer than the latter; 

 ventrals abdominal, with one spine and five rays. 



Distribution: British and Scandinavian coast; Canary Islands; 

 Mediterranean; Nile; Freshwater lakes of Tunis; From Red Sea 

 through Indian Ocean and Archipelago to the coasts of Australia and 

 19 — DEC. 19, 1919. 



