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are emarginate. Origin of second dorsal opposite to 24^ 25^ 

 lateral scale and somewhat behind that of anal. Pectorals slightly 

 shorter than head, reaching vertical through origin of first 

 dorsal. Caudal deeply emarginate, the lobes pointed. No enlarged 

 axillary scales. Greenish above, dull withe on the sides and 

 below. Base of pectorals superiorly with a small blackish spot. 

 Length 500 mm. 



Habitat: Saonek!. Red sea (Sokotra), Madagascar, An- 

 damans, Nicobars, Guam, Marshall Islands, Kingsmill Islands, 

 New Ireland, Ponape, Tahiti, Tanna, Society Islands, Paumotu 

 Islands, Christmas Island, Japan. 



19. Mugil macrochilus Blkr. 



Mugil sp. Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, Fishes 1842, p. 81 & 82 (secundum BLEEKER l.i.c.). 

 Mugil macrocheilos Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. VII. 1854, p. 43. 

 Mugil macrocheilos Bleeker, ibid. XVI. 1858 1859, p. 280. 

 Mugil macrochilus Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. III. 1859 1861, p. 458. 



D 1 . IV; D 2 . I. 7 8; A. 3.9; P. 2.16; V. 1.5; L.I. 41 42. 



Rostro-dorsal profile slightly convex. Height 5 ! / 3 to 5 ! / 4 in 

 total length, head somewhat obtuse, about 5 2 / 5 in total length. 

 Eyes nearly without gelatinous eyelid, nearly 4 times in head, 

 nearly twice in its postorbital part and about half of interorbital 

 space. Snout obtuse, projecting beyond the mouth and about 

 as long as the eye. Intermaxillaries much protractile ; maxil- 

 laries nearly entirely hidden, when mouth is closed. Praeorbital 

 not emarginate, slightly denticulate posteriorly at its inferior 

 and at its truncate posterior border. Upperlip very fleshy and 

 broad, its inferior border with a single series of very conspi- 

 cuous obtuse papillae, more or less fringed or denticulated; 

 lower lip with similar papillae. Symphysial knob single, quadrate. 

 Spinous dorsal much lower than height of body; second dorsal 

 slightly lower, scaly, acute, emarginate, as also anal, which is 

 higher and commences in the same vertical, or nearly so, as 

 second dorsal. Pectorals acute, as long as head with elongate 

 axillary scales. Caudal deeply emarginate, the lobes acute, 

 4 ] / 2 times in total length. Greenish above, silvery below ; hind- 

 border of caudal brownish, a blackish spot superiorly at the 

 base of the pectorals. Length 310 mm. [After BLEEKER, not 

 seen by us]. 



Habitat: Cocos Islands 1 ). 



i) As the single known specimen, described by BLEEKER, was collected at 

 the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Java is erroneously named by GUNTHER. 

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