WUGIL. 



SI 



uliicli extcMiils ill iVoiit of ;ui(l Ix-Iiind tlic oibit, 3 (young) to 5 times 

 in length of head, li to 2i times in interoibital widtli ; nostrils rather 

 widely separated from each other; moutli forming an obtuse angle, 

 a semicircle in large specimens ; maxillary almost completely hidden 

 when the mouth is closed ; a lanceolate space between the rami of the 

 lower jaw; upper lip narrow, its width less than half diameter of eye; 

 pricorbital with the edge finely serrated ; 2 series of scales on the cheek. 

 Dorsals IV (exceptionally III), II 7 ; first two spines |- to a little more 

 than }j lengtli of licad, longest soft ray i to f length of head ; second 

 dorsal originating above anterior third or middle of anal. Anal III 8 

 (very rarely 7 or 9). Pectoral j to ^ lengtli of head; a large scaly 

 process above the a\il. Caudal forked, as long as or a little longer 

 than lirad. Caudal peduncle Ij to 1^ times as long as deep. 39-4-3 



Fi?. 47. 



.Miiijil Cjft/mliis. 

 .Siimaiiiiud (F. X.). 



scales in longitudinal series, 14-lG in transverse scries. Bluish grey 

 or greyish olive above, witli darker streaks along the series of scales, 

 silvery white beneath ; fins greyish ; a more or less distinct dark spot 

 at the root of the pectoral fin ; young uniform silvery. 



Total length 560 raillim. 



From the Loire and the ^Icditerranean to South Africa and froiu 

 the United States to Brazil ; Pacific coast of South America. 



]j. ]M('ii/.;ilcli. 



Near Ghot-el-Nassani, 



L. MiMiziilcli. 

 Frcsli-wiitiir jiool, near Gliet- 



cl-Na.<sara. L. Mcii/,.il('li. 

 Near Gumil, L. I\lL'nzalcli. 



L. Luat, Ks(| (('.). 



