06 



MUGILID,E, 



]2. .MUGIL IlOEFLElil. 

 tSteiiiil. Dciiksclir. Ak. "W'itMi, xlv. 1882, p. 11, pi. iv. fig. 1; Pfllegr. Act. Soc. 

 Linn. Donl. Ix. IDOo, p. 3G. 

 Dcptli of body of times in total length, length of head 4 times. Eye 

 nearly as long as snout, about 4 times in length of head ; adipose eyelid 

 rndiriientary ; nostrils close together; moutli forming an (jbtuse angle ; 

 niaNilhu-y exposed; lip narrow; a lanceolate space between tlic rami of 

 the lower jaw ; edge of prteorbital serrated. Dorsals IV, I 8 ; first and 

 second spines a little more than | lengtli of head, longest soft ray about 



Maijil hoefleri. 

 Type, after Steindachner {I. c). .4. 



I length of head. Anal 111 U. Pectoral as long as bend ; no scaly 

 process above the axil. Caudal deeply emarginate, a little longer than 

 head. Caudal peduncle about 1^ times as long as deep. 34-35 scales 

 in longitudinal series, 12-13 in transverse series. Silvery, with rather 

 indistinct dark streaks along the series of dorsal scales. 



Total length 280 millim. 



Senegambia. — Types in Vienna ]Muscum. 



13. MUGIL GRANDISQUAMIS. 

 Cnv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xi. p. lOiJ (1S3G) ; Stcind. BitzK. Ak. Wic-n, Ixi. i. 1870, 



]). '.)57. 

 Mi(<jH hijpgcloptenif, Giintli. Cat. Fi>li. iii. p. 450 (1801). 

 Mm/il si-hbijelii, Bleek. Nat. Verb. Vet. Haai-Ieiu, xviii. 18G3, no. 2, p. tt2, pi. xix. 



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



