igi7- J Fauna of the Chilka Lake : Fish. 497 



Distribution : — Abyssinia ; Red sea ; seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and 

 beyond. 



Mugil subviridis, Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



1836. Mugil subviridis, Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XI, p. 115. 



1836. Mugil dussumieri, Id., ibid., p. 147, 



1861. Mugil subviridis, Günther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., Ill, p. 423. 



1865. Mugil subviridis, Day, Fish. Malabar, p. 138. 



1878. Mugil dussumieri, Day, Fish. Ind., p. 352, pi. lxxiv, fig. 4. 



1878. Mugil subviridis, Id., ibid., p. 353. 



1884. Mugil dussumieri, Id., Faun. Brit. Ind. Fish., II, p. 347. 



1889. Mugil subviridis, Id., ibid., p. 348. 



There are three specimens in the collection, two from Satpara measuring 143 mm. 

 and 130 mm. in length, the latter being secured in March, 1914. The remaining speci- 

 men, measuring 85 mm , was obtained at the mouth of Barkul Bay on the 18th 

 September, 191 7. 



There is a manuscript figure (named Mugil laevis on the margin) in Hamilton 

 Buchanan's drawings which represents this species. 



This fish is found in the main area as well as in the outer channel and in all pro- 

 bability is a permanent inhabitant of the lake. 



Distribution : — Seas of India, entering fresh water. 



Mugil caeruleo-maculatus, L,acepede. 



1798. Mugil caeruleo-maculatus, Lacépède, Hist. Poiss., V, pp. 385, 389. 



1836. Mugil caeruleo-maculatus, Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XI, p. 128. 



i860. Mugil caeruleo-maculatus, Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Neerl., VIII, Sumatra (IX), p. 5. 



1861. Mugil caeruleo-maculatus, Günther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., Ill, p. 445. 



1878. Mugil caeruleo-maculatus, Day, Fish. Ind., p. 356. 



1889. Mugil caeruleo-maculatus, Id., Faun. Brit. Ind. Fish., II, p. 351. 



1913. Mugil bleekeri (in part), Weber, Fisch. Siboga-Exp., p. 139. 



There is only one specimen in the collection. It measures 106 mm. in length and 

 was obtained from the outer channel near Satpara in October, 1914. The species 

 is in all probability an occasional visitor to the lake. 



Distribution: — Coasts of Mauritius; Bombay, through the seas of India to the 

 Malay Archipelago. 



Mugil jerdoni, Day. 



1865. Mugil sundanensis, Day, Fish. Malabar, p. 138. 



1878. Mugil jerdoni, Day, Fish. Ind., p. 352. 



1889. Mugil jerdoni, Id., Faun. Brit. Ind. Fish., II, p. 346. 



There are only two specimens in the collection. They measure 105 mm. and 

 95 mm. in length. Both were secured at Rambha on 31-XÜ-14. The fish is probably 

 a casual visitor to the lake and is found in the main area at least during the period 

 of maximum salinity. It is a small-sized marine Mugil not growing bigger than six 

 inches in length. 



Distribution : — Seas of India. 



