1867.] THE FISHES OF SEYCHELLES. 863 



Head scaly, with tlie exception of the snout. Body compressed. 

 Height of body equal to length of head, and a quarter of the total 

 length. Eyes close together, the diameter of one of them being 

 longer than the snout, and one-third of the length of the head. Jaws 

 equal ; the maxillary hardly extends beyond the anterior margin of 

 the eye. Teeth in villiform bands, those in the outer series being 

 enlarged. No canines in the lower jaw. Scales ctenoid. 



Colour. — Greenish, marbled and spotted with darker and lighter, 

 each scale with a silvery dot. Vertical fins brownish ; the second 

 dorsal, anal, and caudal with silvery spots. 



Length Ig inch, 



Hab. Seychelles ; East-Indian archipelago. 



Blenniid^. 



133. Salarias vermiculatus, C. & V. 



134. S. FASCIATUS, Bl. 



SPHYR^NIDiE. 



135. Sphyr^na jellq, Russ. 



136. s. commersonii. 



iS. commersonii, Cuv. & Val. iii. p. 352 ; Giinth. Fish. ii. p. 338. 

 Hab. Seychelles ; Mauritius ; East-Indian Ocean. 



Atherintd^. 



137. Atherina pinguis. 



Atherina pinguis, Lacep. v. p. 372, pi. 11. f. 1 ; Bleek. Act. Soc. 

 Sc. Indo-Neerl. viii. Sumatra, viii. p. 24 ; Giinth. Fish. iii. p. 399. 



A. affinis, Benn. Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. i. 1831, p. 166. 



A. pectoraUs, Cuv. & Val. x. p. 447. 



Hab. Seychelles ; east coast of Africa ; Bombay ; coast of Au- 

 stralia. 



138. A. afra. 



A. afra, Peters in Wiegm. Arch. 1855, p. 244 ; Giinth. Fish. iii. 

 p. 378. 



Hab. Seychelles ; Mozambique. 



MuGILIDiE. 



139. MuGiL axillaris. 



IMugil axillaris, Cuv. & Val. xi. p. 131. 



Mugil axillaris, Bleek. Natur. Tydsch. Ned. Ind. iv. 1853, p. 266 ; 

 Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Neerl. viii. Sumatra, ix. p. 3 ; Giinth. Fish. iii. 

 p. 444. 



M. parsia, Bleek. Natur. Tydsch. Ned. Ind. iii. 1852, p. 166. 



Hah. Seychelles; Mauritius; East- Indian archipelago. 



