lower or higher than spinous dorsal. Pectorals shorter, in large 

 specimens much shorter than head, reaching to 7 th or 8 th lateral 

 scale; without an axillary scale or only with a small one. 

 Caudal broad, more or less concave, with more than half its 

 base scaly. Caudal peduncle about as long as high, its length 

 about 2 / 3 of length of head or somewhat more. Greenish above, 

 silvery below, often with three to six more or less conspicuous 

 blackish longitudinal stripes, corresponding to the longitudinal 

 series of the scales on the sides of the body. Length to 300 mm. 

 [Specimens of M. sundanensis and of M. Valenciennesii of 

 BLEEKER'S collection in the Museum of Leiden and Amsterdam 

 seen by us]. 



Nom. indig. : Bale balana (Minralang river). 



Habitat: Singapore!; Sumatra (Bagan api api !, Lower 

 Langkat, Coast of Deli !, Benkulen, Trussan, Padang) ; Bintang ; 

 Banka ; Borneo (Sinkawang, Stagen !, Balikpapan !, Kota Baru !) ; 

 Java Sea ! ; Java (Bantam, Batavia !, Perdana, Semarang !, Pa- 

 suruan); Bali; Lombok ! ; Flores ! ; Timor; Buton!; Celebes 

 (Makassar!, Lake of Sidenreng!, river Minralang!); Dammer 

 Island ! (rivulet); New Guinea (Rivers Merauke ! Tawarin !, mouth 

 of Sermowai !, Otke, branch of river Mamberamo !). British 

 India, Andamans, Ceylon, Philippines, Australia (New south 

 Wales?, Queensland). 



2. Mugil tade Forsk. 



Mugil tade Forskal, Descr. Anim. 1775, p. 74. 



Mugil planiceps Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. nat. Poiss. XI. 1836, p. 122. 



Mugil cephalotus Cantor, Cat. Malayan Fish. Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XVIII. 



Prt. II. 1850, p. 1077 (nee C.V.). 

 Mugil bontah Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen. XXV. 1853, Nalezingen ichth. fauna 



Bengalen etc. p. 48 (name only). 

 Mugil planiceps Bleeker, ibid. p. 101. 



Mugil bontah Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie XIII. 1857, p. 336. 

 Mugil belanak Bleeker, ibid. p. 337. 

 Mugil Dussumieri Bleeker, ibid. p. 339 (nee Dussumieri Blkr. Journ. Ind. Arch. 



II. 1848, p. 637 secundum Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Neerl. VIII. 1860, 8ste 



Bijdr. Vischfauna Sumatra, p. 33; ibid. I3de Bijdr. Vischfauna Borneo, p. 49). 

 Mugil bontah Bleeker, ibid. XVI. 18581859, p. 278. 



Mugil bontah Bleeker, ibid. XVIII. 1859, p. 367 (= belanak secundum Bleeker). 

 Mugil bontah Bleeker = dussumieri C. V. ? Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Neerl. 



VIII. 1860, I3de Bijdr. Vischfauna Borneo, p. 49. 

 Mugil belanak Gttnther, Cat. Brit. Mus. III. 18591861, p. 427. 

 Mugil planiceps Gttnther, ibid. p. 428. 

 Mugil planiceps Kner, Fische Novara-Exp. 18651867, p. 225. 



