248 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



upper lip; eye large, anterior, with a broad posterior adipose eyelid, 

 nearly reaching the iris; nostrils separated, anterior nostril a single 

 pore in a short tube, posterior nostril slit-like, in front of eye above. 



Spinous dorsal inserted much nearer tip of snout than base of 

 caudal, first and second spine subequal in length ; soft dorsal inserted 

 midway between origin of spinous dorsal and caudal base, rather 

 short; origin of anal a little in advance of that of the soft dorsal, 

 nearer to caudal base than origin of ventral ; pectoral inserted above 

 the middle of body, not extending to the origin of spinous dorsal ; 

 ventral inserted below apical one-fifth of the pectoral, not reaching 

 midway to vent ; caudal fin forked. 



Head and body covered with uniform cycloid scales, outer edge of 

 each scale obtusely pointed ; a sharply pointed scaly flap along the 

 spinous dorsal base ; pectoral with no scaly flap ; ventral fin provided 

 with a sharply pointed scaly flap ; a broad scaly flap between ventral 

 bases ; soft dorsal, anal, pectoral, and base of caudal covered with 

 minute scales. 



Color in life dusky gray above, lower parts whitish, silvery, with 

 no longitudinal stripes along the series of scales ; center of each scale 

 somewhat darker; pectorals, dorsals, and caudal dusky; the rest of 

 the fins whitish. 



Total length 303 mm. 



Described from a specimen from Tainan Fish Market, collected by 

 M. Oshima on April 20, 1920, and now in the Carnegie Museum. 

 C. M. Cat. of Fishes, No. 8280. (Coll. M. Oshima.) 



Habitat: Many specimens from Tainan Fish Market and Ujuon 

 near Toko ; a single specimen from Shimo-Tamusui River, and two 

 from Taihoku Fish Market. 



Remarks: One of the commonest species of mullets found in For- 

 mosa, never reaching a large size. 



5. MuGiL KELAARTii Giinther. 

 Nanyo-bora (Japan). 



1 86 1. Mugil kelaartii GCnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., Ill, p. 429; Point de 

 Galle, P. I. — Peters, Monatsb. Konigl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1868, p. 263; 

 Luzon. — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat, Sci. Phila., 1900, p. 500; Sandwich Is. 

 — Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila,, 1903, p. 743; Hawaiian Islands. 



Head 4. in length; depth 3.62; D. IV-i, 8; A. HI, 9; P. 15; width 



