250 Annals of the Carnegtk Museum. 



Total length 185 mm. 



Described from a specimen from Toko, collected by M. Oshima on 

 Dec. 23, 1920, and preserved in the Museum of the Institute of Science, 

 Formosa. C. M., Cat. of Fishes, No. 8282. 182 mm. Dec. 20, 1920. 

 (Coll. M. Oshima.) 



Habitat: Two specimens from Toko. 



Remarks: Both specimens from Toko are identical with Giinther's 

 M. kelaartii. An Indian mullet described by Francis Day under the 

 name M. kelaartii (Fishes of India, p. 352) differs from the type in 

 having the extremity of the maxillary exposed. 



2. Genus Liza Jordan & Swain. 



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

 Miigil capita Cuvier.) 



Body robust, more or less oblong and compressed. Head and body 

 covered with large scales. Mouth subinferior, more or less trans- 

 verse; upper lip not much enlarged; teeth movable, ciliiform, some- 

 times obsolete ; anterior margin of mandible thin and sharp. Eyes 

 without adipose eyelid. First dorsal consisting of four stiff spines; 

 anal opposite the soft dorsal, slightly longer than the latter, with three 

 spines. This genus differs from Miigil mainly in the absence of the 

 adipose eyelid. 



Distribution: British and Scandinavian coast; Canary Islands; 

 Mediterranean ; Nile ; fresh-water lakes of Tunis ; from Red Sea 

 through Indian Ocean and Archipelago to the coasts of Australia and 

 Polynesia; India; Ceylon; Philippine Islands; Indo-China; Formosa; 

 Riu Kiu Islands; Japan. 



Key to Formosan Species of Liza. 



ai. The upper lip not notably thickened. 



b^- 39-40 scales in a lateral series; extremity o£ maxillary not exposed. 



formosce, 6. 

 l>^. 30-33 scales in a lateral series. 



ci. Extremity of maxillary not exposed ; nostrils separated ; origin 

 of spinous dorsal a little nearer to caudal base than tip of snout. 



parva, 7. 

 c2. Extremity of maxillary exposed ; nostrils close together. 



(fi. Mandibular angle obtuse ; the cleft of mouth three and one- 

 half times as broad as deep ; origin of spinous dorsal midway 

 between tip of snout and base of caudal. . . .pescadorensis, 8. 



