I\rUGIL. 



93 



below tlian from above, witli a nuliincTit of lid, 3| to 4^ times iu leiis^tli 

 of bead, I5 to 2 times in interorbital widtb ; mouth forming an obtuse 

 anule; maxillary entirely concealed when the mouth is closed; iii)i)cr 

 lip narrow, not ^ diameter of eye; mandibles nearly entirely covering 

 tlie chin, the space between them very narrow; nostrils rather widely 

 separated from each other; prajorbital very iinely denticulated ; 4 scries 

 of scales on the cheek. Dorsals I^^ I 8 ; first and second spines and 

 longest soft ray about h length of head ; second dorsal origiu'xting above 

 anterior tliird of anal. Anal III '•>. Pectoral a little more than f| 

 length of head ; a large scaly process above the axil. Caudal deeply 

 notched, as long as head. Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. 

 35-38 scales in longitudiral series, 12 in transverse scries. Golden, 

 greenish above ; a small black spot iii the axil of the pectoral. 

 Total leno-th 240 millim. 



]\ladae:!xscar and Coast of /ululand. 



1. Tvpe. 



2. A.l. 



Kosi 15:iy, Ziihihmi 



Dr. J. E. Gi-Mv (V.). 

 Dr. 1']. Wancii (W). 



Fig. 55. 



Muf/il ceijloHCDsis. 

 Zanzibar. '--. 



10. MUGIL CEYL0NEXSI8. 



Giintli. ( 'at. Fi>li. iii. p. 44(; (18t)l) ; Playf. & Giintli. Fish. Zaiuilnir, p. 7'J (DSdil) ; 



()!ilclirii,t ct Tliompson, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. xi. 1911, p. 43. 

 '^ Mmill nnliaiis, Castelii. Mom. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 4'J (KSCl). 



Depth of body 3| to 4^ times in total length, length of head 4 to J J 

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



