84 



MUGItlD.li:. 



j]/h,i;I ramcula, l!isso, Hist. Nat. Eur. Jleii.l. iii. p. :50O (l.S2(Vj, 



MiKj'il hvitunnicus, Hancock, Lond. (Jiuiit. Jouni. Sc. 1830, ji. 12',1. 



MiHi'd duliahra, (,'uv, & Vul. t. c. ji. GO. 



Alugil capensis (non V. & V.), A. Smith, Til. Zool. S. AtV.. Fisli. pi. xxx. fig. 1 



(1846) ; Casteln. Mem. Po'ss. Afr. Austr. p. 4o (16G1). 

 3fiiii!l miiltillneattii<, A. Smith, I.e. fig. 2. 

 Miig'il smitlni, Casteln. op. cit. p. 47. 

 Mtni'd odoradiatus, Giinth. Cat. iii. p. 437 (part.) ; Lortct, t. c. p. 133, pi. xi. 



^ fig. 2. 

 ]\fii(fil pefherici, Giinth. i.e. p. 441, ami I'etherick's Trav. ii. p. 211. 

 lliig'il curtxis (non Yarrell), Lortet, t. c. p. 132, pi. xi, fig. 1. 

 Miigil aiiraltis (non ]{isso), Lortot, t. c. p. DM, pi. xi. fig. 3. 

 ? Liza alosoides, H. W. Fowler, Proc. Ac. Philad. Iv. l'J03, ]>. 740, pi. xlv. 



Depth of body 4 to 5 times in total lengtli, length of head 3j (young) 

 to 4i times. Snout nearly as long as eye in adult, sliorter in young; 



Midjil capilu. 

 L. Menzaleh (!•'. N.). .]. 



eye perfectly lateral in young, better visible from below than from above 

 in adult, with a mere rudiment of adipose lid, its diameter 3 (young) 

 to 5 times in length of head, 1 to 2g times in interorbital width ; nostrils 

 close together ; mouth forming an obtuse angle ; maxillary nearly com- 

 pletely hidden wlien the mouth is closed ; upper lip narrow, its diameter 

 less than half that of the C3'e; a lanceolate space between the rami of the 

 lower jaw ; prajorbital with the edge finely serrated ; 4 or 5 series of 

 scales on the cheek. iJorsals IV (exceptionally III or V), II O-IO; the 

 first two spines i to i? length of head, the longest ray about i or a little 

 less than ^ longtli of head ; second dorsal originating above anterior third 

 of anal. Anal III 9 (exceptionally 8 or 10). Pectoral f to | length of 

 head ; a large scaly process above the axil. Caudal deeply cmarginate, 



