870 NEW FISHES IN THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



interorbit, the rest of the head naked. The pectoral rises rather 

 below the angle of the operculum, the ventral below the posterior 

 third of the pectoral. The first dorsal over the tip of the ventral. 

 The second dorsal considerably behind the anal. The height of the 

 caudal peduncle at its greatest is equal to its length. The free 

 space on the chin is broadly lanceolate. Colour entirely silveiy. 

 Operculum golden. No mai'kings. 



Length, 8 inches. Locality, Card well. 



The " Mangrove Mullets " of the Brisbane fishermen are M. tade 

 Forsk and M. longimanus, Gth. 



MUGIL MARGINALIS. 



D. 4, 1/8. A. 3/8. Lat. 40-41. Tr. 13. 

 The height of the body and length of the head are 4| in the 

 total length. Orbit 3J-, snout 4^, interorbit 2| in the length of 

 the head. Pectoral |, caudal peduncle ^2\, first dorsal spine less 

 than 2 in the same. The adipose membrane broad fore-and-aft 

 with a gelatinous mass on the snout and pre-operculum. Upper lip 

 thin. Hinder nostril much nearer to the eye than to the snout. 

 Preorbital entire in front tapering to an obtuse point, slightly 

 armed behind. Maxillary uncovered. Mandibulaiy angle rather 

 more than a right angle. Cleft of the mouth twice as broad as 

 long. Fi-ee space behind the chin very broad. The opercles 

 widely separate behind. First dorsal midway between the snout 

 and the base of the caudal. The 11th scale corresponds with the 

 tip of the pectoi-al and origin of the first dorsal. The twenty-third 

 with the origin of the second dorsal. There are about 25 scales 

 between the snout and the oi-igin of the dorsal. The pectoral is 

 above the middle of the height, rather above the angle of the oper- 

 culum. It has no axillary scale. Origin of ventral nearer to the 

 pectoral than to the dorsal. Second dorsal and anal nearly on the 

 same pai^allel. Caudal moderately forked. Second dorsal spine 

 the longest. Head thick, obtuse ; ssales over it concentrically 

 striated. Body with alternate clear and cloudc d lines. An obscure 

 blue spot on the base of the j^ectoral. Dorsals and caudal with a 

 broad dark and narrow black edge. 



