3k[UGTL. 



87 



^fll(|ll chi'lii (noil C'uv.1, Lowe, Tr. Zool. Soo. ii. 18^59, p. 184. 



]Hu(/H maderenais, Lowe, I'nn'. Zool. Soc. 18:59, p. 82, ami Tr. 7am]. Sdc. iii. 1812, 



' p. 8. 

 Mu,/il. iiatuh'iisis, Castoln. Mrm. Toiss. Air. Aiistr. p. 50 (1801); Gilchrist & 



Thompson, Ann. S. AtV. I\Iiis. xi. I'Jl I, p. i:'>. 

 .lA/;/// octorudiatiis, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (.'5) vii. 1801, p. 347. 

 A/ii<ill oclomdiatii.t, part., Giinth. Cat. t. c. p. 437. 

 ? Mii</il mlleiis (non llisiso), Giinth. Pethorick's Trav. ii. p. 213. 

 ^J|/.vll.<s ciirr'uleiis. Stein J. Donksclir. Ak. Wion, xliv. 1882, p. 42. 



Depth of body 3| to 5 times in total lengtli, lent.'-th of head 1 to 5 

 times. Snout as lonj); as or a little loiii>;er llinii eye in adult, sliorler in 

 young; eye better visible from below than i\iim above in adult; a mere 



Fig. 50. 



Miiyil aitratus. 

 L. MenzaleL (F. N.). J. 



rudiment of adipose eyelid ; diameter of eye 1 to 5 times in lengtli of 

 liead, H to 2i times in interorbital width; nostrils close together; 

 month forming an obtuse angle; maxillary entirely or almost entirely 

 hidden when the mouth is closed ; upper lip rather narrow, not 

 exceeding J diameter of eye ; a lanceolate space between tlie rami of 

 tli(> Icwer jiiw ; prseorbital with the edge finely seriati'd. Dorsals 1\, 

 117; the iirst two spines measuring 4 to f length of head, longest soft 

 ray about the same length ; second dorsal originating above anterior 

 third of anal. Anal III (exceptionally 8). Pectcn-al |- to once 

 length of head; no scaly process above the axil. Caudal forked, as 

 long as or a little longer than head, ("audal peduncle 1^ to 2 times 

 as lon-r as deep. 41) H> scales in loni;itudinal series, 13-1-5 in trans- 

 verse scries. Greyish brown above, sihc-ry white beneath ; mme or less 



