MUGIL. 



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tinifs. Snout as long as oye in adult, shorter in young ; rye better 

 visible from below than from above in adult; eye 3i to 4 3 times in 

 length of head, ] y to 2| times in intcrorbital width ; a mere rndiinent 

 of adipose eyelid; nostrils close together; mouth forming an (jl)tuse 

 angle ; maxillary almost entirely hidden when the mouth is closed ; 

 upper lij) narrow, not I diameter of eye; edge of pritorbital finely 

 serrated ; 4 or •') series of scales on the cheek ; a lanceolate space 

 between rami of lower jaw. Dorsals IV, II 7; first two spines | to f 

 length of head ; longest soft ray 5 to once length of head ; second 

 dorsal originating above anterior third of anal. Anal III U. Teeloral 



Vis. ^8. 



JUui/il (/rnndis(2uumis. 

 Senegal. ^. 



as long as or slightly shorter than head; no scaly process above the 

 axil. Caudal forked, longer than head. Caudal peduncle a little 

 longer than deep. Scales 27-30 in longitudinal series, 9-10 in trans- 

 verse series. Golden, back greyish brown ; second dorsal and caudal 

 edged with blackish. 



Total length 08O millim. 



Senegal to >siger. — Types in Paris Museum. 



1-8. Ad., ligr., & yg. St. Louis, Senegal. M. P. Delhez (C). 



y. Type of M. hypsdoptei-tis. Niger. Mr. L. Fra.ser (C). 



14. MUGIL VAIGIENSIS. 

 Qiioy & Gaini. Voy. Urun. & Physic, Zool. p. 337, pi. lix. fig. 2 (1824) ; Giintli. 

 Cat. Fish. iii. p. 435 (18G1) ; Klnnz. Vorli. zool.-bot. Ges. "Wieii, xx. 1870, 

 p. ICO ; Day, Pish. Iml. p. 3aO, pi. Ixxiii. fig. 4 (1870) ; Giintli. Pisclio 

 Siidsce, p. 210, pi. cxxi. fig. B (1877); Klunz. Fisclie Itotb. Mcer. p. 132 

 (1884). 

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