88 MUGILID.E. 



di;sliiK,t dark streaks aIon<r tlic series of scales ; one or two <i,nl(lon- 

 yellow, bronzy-yellow, or golden-orange spots between the eye and the 

 border of the gill-cover ; a dark red mark may be present in the centre 

 of the golden spot; ventral and anal tins Avhite, the other tins brownish 



Total length lOO millim. 



Atlantic and Mediterranean, from Scandina\ia to South Africa *. 



1-"). All. & ligr. L. Mcn/.alc'li. L. Loat, Es(j. (C). 



()-7. All. Near Gomil, L. Menzaleli. „ 



.S-11. x\il. it ligr. L. Borollo.s. 



12. Ad. Mailcira. J. Y. Jolnison, Esq. (P.). 



13. Ad. „ Hon. ('. Baling and \V. If. 



Ogilvie-Grant, Esq.(l'.). 

 li-16. Yg. Porto Grande, Canary Tds. Paris Museum (P.). 



17. Ad. Lanzarote, Canary Ids. Ui-y. U. T. i.owe (P.). 



18. Yg. Cape Verd Tds. 



l\^-2i. Hgr. .t yg. St. Louis, Senegal. M. P. Delliez (C). 



24. Yg. Banana. Lower Congo. Capt. "Wiivertli (C). 



6. MUGIL FALCIPINNIS. 



Ciiv. it Val. Hist. Poiss. xi. p. 105 (183G); Steind. Sit/.b. Alv. Wien, l\i. i. l.^Td, 

 p. 9.5.5 ; Perugia, Ann. Mus. Geneva, (2) x. 1891, p. 9i;9 ; Steind. Notes Leyd. 

 Mus. xvi. 1891, p. 35 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 357 (1901). 



Depth of body 3J to 3| times in total length, length of head 3^ to 

 41 times. Snout as long as eye in adult, shorter in young; eye better 

 visible from below than from above, with a rudiment of lid, 3j (young) 

 to 4 times in length of head, 1 i to 2 times in interorbital widtli ; moutii 

 forming an obtuse angle ; maxillary entirely concealed when the mouth 

 is closed ; upper lip narrow, not more than i diameter of eye ; a lanceo- 

 late space between rami of mandible ; praeorbital denticulate ; 3 or 4 

 series of scales on the cheek. Dorsals IV, I 9 ; first and second spines 

 ^ to f length of head, longest soft ray § to f length of head; second 

 dorsal originating above middle of anal. Anal ill 11. Pectoral as 

 long as or a little shorter than head, Avithout axillary process. Caudal 

 forked, longer than head. Caudal peduncle as long as deep or a little 

 longer. 39-42 scales in longitudinal series, 13-15 in transverse series. 



' 1 luive examined a spei/iineu from East London, preserved in the S. African 

 Museum. 



