cclii 



edge of pre-opercle serrated. Minute teeth on jaivs ; palate edentulous. A 

 single dorsal Jin, having less spines (8-10) than rays (15-17) : anal with 

 three spines and less raijs than the soft dorsal (13-H) ; ventrals thoracic. 

 Scales small, cycloid, and ge lerulli/ deciduous. Lateral line unarmed, 

 usually complete, hut in some species terminating below the end of the dorsal 

 fin. Air-vessel ending posteriori// in tioo horns. Pyloric appendages fctu. 

 13. Equula runconius, Ilam. Tluch. Tunka-chandee, Ooriah : Nga- 

 hpee-ma, Burm. D. fo^i?; A. -[\, L. 1. 08. Silvery, with short greyish 

 bands descending from the back. This small fish is found iu the large 

 rivers of Lower Bengal and Burma. 



Family — M u G I LI DiB, Richardson. 

 Mugiloidei, Bleeker. 



Bi-anoliiuategala from four to six : paoiulobranch'uo. Fonu of body obloii",', compiossej, 

 and tlio autoriur portion and head may bo depressed. Eyes lateial, with or 

 witliout adipose lids. Gill-openings wide : gills four. Operclea unarmed. MoiiUi 

 narrow or of moderate width. Teeth very tine, sometimes absent. Anterior portion 

 of dorsal tins consisting of four stiff spines; anal slightly longer than the second 

 dorsal. Ventrals abdominal, suspended from an elongated shoulder bofte; it 

 consists of one spine and live rays. Scales cycloid, rarely ctenoid. Lateral line 

 absent. Pyloric appendages generally few. 



Geiuis — MuoiL. Artedi. 



Branchiostegals from four to six: fseudobranchia. Eyes tvith or with- 

 out an adipose lid. Anterior edge of lower jaiv sharp. Teeth, lohen present, 

 minute. Pyloric app-ndages generally few (2-10). Upper portion of 

 stomach very muscular. 



H. ilugil cascasia, Ham. Buch. Cuck-se or Buah, Panj. : D. 4/;^, 

 A. \, L. 1. 32, L. tr. 16. Silvery : uncovered space on eliin, eye, base of 

 pectoral, and centre of base of caudal gamboge yellow. This small 

 mullet is found in the upper parts of the Ganges and Jumna, also in 

 the Indus, 



15. Mugil corsula, Ilam. Buch. llurd-%vah-re, Panj.: Ka-kun-da, 

 Ooriah J Corsula awH I n-ge-lee, \i<:i\g. : (Jndala, Hind : Nga-zen, lim-m. 

 D. 4/i, A. ^, L. 1. 50, L. tr. 15. Ascends all the large rivers east of the 

 Kistua far above tidal influence; it attains a foot in length. 



16. Mugil Hamiltonii, Day. D. 4/^, A. §, L. 1. 44, L. tr. 18. Scales 

 ctenoid. Found throughout the large rivers of Burma to ncarl}^ 5 inches 

 in length. 



Family — G o b 1 1 d jd . 



rseudobrancliiaj present, sometimes rudimentary. Body generally elongated. Eyes 

 lateral, occasionally prominent. 'J'he infra-orbital ring of bones does nut articnhite 

 with the pre-opercle. Gill-opening varying from CKtremcly narrow to wide Gill 

 membranes attached to the isthmus : four gills. Teeth of various characters, 

 canines sometimes present. A single dorsal fin, sometimes divided into two 

 portions ; the spines .are flexible, and this part of the tin is not so developed as 

 the soft : anal similar to the soft dorsal : ventrals sometimes united so as to form 

 a disc. Scales and lateral line present or absent. Air-vessel gcner.illy absent. 

 Pyloric appendages, if present, ftw. 



Oenus — GOBIUS, Artedi. 



Branchiostcqals fire, pseudobranchiee. Umly low and elongated. (i Ill- 

 openings of tnoderate width. Ojjerclcs unarmed. Teeth in several rows in 



