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culate at its lower and rounded posterior border. Maxillary 

 visible. Upper lip rather thick, ciliated, forming frontmargin 

 of snout. Symphysial knob simple, small. Origin of first dorsal 

 separated by 18 or 19 praedorsal scales from snout, much 

 nearer to base of caudal than to end of snout, opposite to 

 lO^li lateral scale. Dorsal spines somewhat higher than second 

 dorsal, the anterior strong, longer or shorter than postorbital 

 part of head. Second dorsal opposite to 19th — 21st lateral scale 

 and nearly totally behind anal, the origin of which is opposite 

 to about i/ih lateral scale. Both fins are acute, slightly emar- 

 ginate and about twice as high as their base is long. Caudal 

 concave, scaly at its base; second dorsal and anal nearly totally 

 scaly. Pectorals conspicuously shorter than head, reaching to 

 7th lateral scale, provided with an axillary scale as also ventrals. 

 Least height of caudal peduncle equal to or more than its length, 

 about equal to postorbital part of head and about as long as 

 half of head '). Silvery, back olivaceous, dorsals and caudal 

 dusky. Length 166 mm. [Specimens of Bleeker's collection 

 in the Museum of Leiden and Amsterdam seen by us]. 



Habitat: Sumatra (Trussan, Padang, Priaman) ; Banka; 

 Java (Pasuruan); Borneo (Sungi duri); Sangir Islands; Celebes 

 (Makassar, Badjoa, Menado) ; Saleyer !; Timor ; Ambon! ; Buru! ; 

 Nusa Laut ! ; Ceram ; Jobi. — Ceylon !, China (Bleeker) , 

 Philippines. 



13. Mugil troscheli Blkr. 



Mugil Troschdii Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. XVI. 1858 — 1859, p. 277. 

 Mugil Troscheli Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Neerl. VIII. i860, 8ste Bijdr. visch- 



fauna Sumatra, p. 80. 

 Mugil troschelii Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. III. 1859 — 1861, p. 448. 

 Mugil Troschellii (sic) Day, Fishes of India 4°, 1878— 1888, p. 358. 

 Liza troscheli Jordan & Seale, Bull. Bur. Fish. XXVI. (1906) 1907, p. 11. 

 Liza troschelii Kendall & Goldsborough, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv. Coll. 



XXVI. Nr. 7, 1911, p. 256. 



DMV; D-. L8— 9; A. III. 9; L.l. 31--33; L.tr. 11 — 12. 



Dorsal profile from first dorsal to neck slightly convex, from 

 there to snout declivous in a nearly straight line. Height about 

 equal to length of head, which is contained 3.4 — 3.8 in length, 

 4.3 — 4.7 in length with caudal. Eye ^.d — 4 in length of head 

 and about twice in postorbital part of head. Gelatinous eye- 



l) In small specimens the height of caudal peduncle is relatively less. 



