80 mugilid.t:. 



HJuoil ricJianhonii, A. Rmitli. Til. Zool. H. Afr.. Fisli. \,\. xxix. fig. 1 (181G) ; Giintli. 



t. c. p. UO. 

 Miiijil euronohis, A. Smitli, op. cit. pi. xxix. fig. 2. 



Depth of body 4^ to 5^ times in total length, lengtli of liead 3| to 4| 

 times. Snout as long as eye in young, longer in adult ; eye perfecily 

 lateral in young, better visible from below than from above in adult, 

 Avith a rudiment of lid, 4 to 4^ times in length of head, 1 1 to 2 times 

 in interorbital width ; nostrils close together; mouth forming an obtuse 

 angle; a small part of the maxillary exposed when tlie mouth is closed ; 

 a lanceolate space between the rami of the mandible ; upper lip narrow, 

 its width less than ^ diameter of eye ; prseorbital serrated ; 4 or 5 series 

 of scales on the cheek. Dorsals IV, 117; first spine ^ to f length of 

 head, longest soft ray not or but slightly longer ; second dorsal 

 originating above anterior third of anal. Anal III 9. Pectoral f to 

 f length of head ; no axillary scaly process. Caudal deeply forked, 

 nearly as long as head. Caudal peduncle H to 2 times as long as 

 deep. 40-40 scales in longitudinal scries, 14-15 in transverse series. 

 Silvery, back dark grey ; dark streaks absent or feebly marked. 



Total length 330 millim. 



From the Gironde and the Mediterranean to S )uth Africa. 



1. Ad., stfid., type of Cape of Good Uopo. Sir A. Smith (P.). 



M. rirhdrdsoiiil. 



2. Ad., stffd., tyi)e of „ « 



M. euroiiotus. 

 ;5. Ad., stlfd. 



4_ llrrr. „ llaslar Collection. 



5. llgr. Table Bay. I>r. J. D. F. (Jik-lirist (P.). 



(;. llgr. St. James, Capo Colony. „ 



7-8. Hgr. P. Chalmiina, near King Major 11. Trovclyan (P.;. 



Willianistown. 



.5. MUGIL AUPATUS. 

 iJisso, Ichlhyol. Nice, p. 3-U (1810) : Bonap. Icon. Fann. Ital, Pcsc. (18:^1); Cuv. 



& Val. Hist. Pois.s. xi. p. 4:5, pi. cccviii. (18:',0) ; Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 181,'',. 



p. 86 ; Guichen. Explor. Alg., Poiss. p. 07 (1850) ; Lowe, Fish. Madeiia, 



p. 1G3 (18G0) ; Giintli. Ann. & Mag. N. IL (3) vii. 18C.1, p. 34t;, and Cat. 



Fish. iii. p. 442 (18G1) : Sleind. Sitzh. Ak. Wien, Ixii. i. 1868, p. 082 ; 



Morean, Poiss. France, iii. p. 18") (1881) ; Lilljeb. Sver.-Xorg. Fisk. i. p. I Li 



(1884); Smitt, Scand. Fisli. i. p. 339, fig. (1803); Bouleng. I'oiss. Bass. 



Congo, p. S.'jG (1'.)01), and Fish. Nile, p. 4:'.5, pi. Ixxxi. fig. 2 (1007). 

 M>i,,n cr'/ptorJuh,s, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 01 ; Giintli. Petherick'sTrav. ii. p. 213(1800). 



