^3; 



Mitgil fade Klunzinger, Abhandl. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien XX. 1870, p. 828. — 

 vSitzber. Akad. Wien, 1880, p. 394. — Fische d. Rothen Meeies 1884, p. 133. 

 Mugil planiceps Day, Fishes of India 4°, 1878 — 1888, p. 350. 

 Mugil belauak Day, ibid. p. 351. 



Mugil tade Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales IX. 1884, p. 40. 

 Mugil tade Day, Fishes Brit. India II. 1889, p. 344. 

 Mugil bela?tak Day, ibid. p. 345. 



Mugil belauak Vinciguena, Ann. del Mus. Civ. Genova (2) IX. 1890, p. 180. 

 } Mugil bclanak Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. So. Philad. (2) LVII. 1905, p. 494. 

 Mugil belanak Max Weber, Nova Guinea V. 1908, p. 244. 

 Mugil planiceps Max Weber, Nova Guinea IX. Zool. Livr. 4, 191 3, p. 569. 



D'. IV; D-. I. 8— 9; A. III. 9; L. 1.33— 35; L. tr. lo'/,. 



Rostio-dorsal profile nearly straight, from crown of head 

 to snout strongly declivous. Height according to size 4.2 — 5.2 

 in length, 5.1 — 6.^ in length with caudal. Head, the anterior 

 part of which is depressed and pointed, 3.7 — 4 in length, 

 4.5 — 5.1 in length with caudal. Eye 3 in small, to 4.6 in full 

 grown specimens, 1.5 — 2.5 or somewhat more in postorbital 

 part of head. Posterior gelatinous eyelid covering at least half 

 of iris. Interorbital space, which is nearly flat, 1.5 to 2.5 or 

 somewhat more the diameter of the eye. Snout somewhat pointed, 

 equal to, in full grown individuals longer than eye. Praeorbital 

 emarginate, strongly curved, reaching far beyond corner of 

 mouth with its posterior part, which is somewhat rounded ; 

 inferior and posterior margin denticulated. Maxillary visible 

 when mouth is closed, reaching beyond angle of praeorbital. 

 Upper lip more or less fleshy, its border ciliated (teeth). Sym- 

 physial knob single. Origin of first dorsal nearer to end of 

 snout than to base of caudal, in small specimens about in the 

 middle; opposite to loth or iitl^ scale, separated from snout by 

 about 19 praedorsal scales and slightly lower than second 

 dorsal, the origin of which is opposite to 2 ist — 23rd lateral scale 

 and to about first anterior third of anal; both lastnamed fins 

 are slightly concave and scaly. Caudal slightly emarginate. 

 Pectorals reaching to 8th lateral scale, much shorter than head. 

 Their axillary scale very short; that of the ventrals somewhat 

 less than half the length of that fin. Least height of caudal 

 peduncle 1.4 — 1.8 (in small specimens) in its length and twice, 

 or more in length of head. Olivaceous above, silvery below, 

 generally with 5 — 7 indistinct dark longitudinal lines, corres- 

 ponding to rows of scales. Length to 320 mm. [According to 

 Day at least 470 mm.]. 



