FAMILY, XXXIV— MUGILID^. 347 



4^ to 4i in the total length. Eyes 3i in length of head, 3/4 of a diameter from end of snout End 

 of maxilla visible. Anal commences shghtly anterior to the second dorsal. No long axillary scale 21 or 22 

 rows before dorsal fin, eleventh and twenty-second scales of lateral-line correspond to origins of first and second 

 dorsal fins. 



6. Mugil helanaJc, A. f , L. 1. 34-35, L. tr. 10. Broad posterior eyeKd. Head 6i, height of body 5^ in 

 the total length. Eyes 4| m length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout. Extremity of maxilla visible 

 Anal commences slightly anterior to the second dorsal. No long axillary scale, 18 rows before dorsal fin' 

 eleventh and twentieth scales of lateral-line correspond to origins of first and second dorsal fins. ' 



7. Mugilpoicilus, A. f , L. 1. 30-33, L. tr. 10-11. Moderately wide posterior eyelid. Head 4f to 6 height 

 of body 6 m the total length. Eyes 31- to 3f in length of head, 3/4 of a diameter from end of snout. Extreniity 

 of maxilla visible. Anal commences slightly anterior to second dorsal. No long axillary scale, 20 to 22 rows 

 before dorsal_ fin, tenth and twentieth scales of lateral-line correspond to origius of first and second dorsal fins. 

 Each scale with a black depressed spot ia its centre, or else a dark band. 



8. Mugil Eelaartu, A. |, L. 1. 33, L. tr. 10. Broad posterior eyeUd. Head 6, height of body 4^ to 5 in 

 the total length. Eyes 4 in length of head, nearly 1 diameter from end of snout. Extremity of maxilla visible. 

 Anterior 1/3 of anal before origin of second dorsal. A long axillary scale, 19 rows before dorsal fin, tenth and 

 twentieth scales of lateral-Hue correspond to origins of first and second dorsal fins. 



' 9. Mugil Jerdowi, A. f, L. 1. 31-32, L. tr. 10. Broad posterior eyelid. Head 5 to 5i, height of body 

 5 in the total length. Eyes 3|- in length of head, 1/2 a diameter from end of snout. Extremity of maxilla 

 visible. Anterior 1/2 of anal before second dorsal. No elongated axillary scale, 18 rows before dorsal fin, tenth 

 and nineteenth scales of lateral-Une correspond to origins of first and second dorsal fins. 



10. Mugil Dussvmieri, A. f, L. 1. 29-31, L. tr. 12. Broad posterior eyelid. Head 5 to SJ, height of body 

 4^ to 5 in the total length. Eyes 4 to 4i in length of head, 3/4 to 1 diameter from end of snout. Teeth in 

 upper jaw. Extremity of maxiUa visible. Anterior 1/2 of anal before origin of second dorsal. No long axillary 

 scale, 18 rows before dorsal fin, ninth and twentieth scales of lateral-line correspond to origins of first and 

 second dorsal fins. 



11. Mugil sulvi/ridis, A. |, L. 1. 30, L. tr. 11. Broad posterior eyelid. Head 5, height of body 4| in the 

 total length. Eyes 4 in length of head, 3/4 of a diameter from end of snout. No teeth in jaws. Extremity of 

 maxilla visible. Anterior 1/2 of anal before origin of second dorsal. No long axillary scale, 20 rows before 

 dorsal fin, tenth and twentieth scales of lateral-line correspond to origins of first and second dorsal fins. 



12. Mugil oewr, A. f , L. 1. 42-44, L. tr. 14. Broad anterior and posterior eyelids. Head 4i- to 4f , height 

 of body 5| to 5| in the total length. Eyes 4f in length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout. Extremity of 

 maxilla scarcely visible. Anal commences opposite origin of second dorsal. A long axillary scale, 23 rows 

 before dorsal fin, twelfth and twenty -fifth scales of the lateral-line correspond to origins of first and second 

 dorsal fins. An oblique blue band over the base of the pectoral fin. 



B. No adipose eyelids. 



13. Mugil corsula, A. f , L. 1. 48-52, L. tr. 15. Head 41 to 4f , height of body 6 to 6^ in the total length. 

 Eyes elevated, 1/7 in length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout. Extremity of maxilla visible. Anal about 

 1/2 in front of origin of second dorsal. No long axillary scale, 28 rows before dorsal fin, sixteenth and thirty- 

 fourth rows of the lateral-line correspond to the origins of first and second dorsal fins. Ascends rivers. 



14. Mugil Samiltonvi, A. f , L. 1. 44, L. tr. 18. Head 4J to A\, height of body 4i to 5 in the total 

 length. Eyes 3^ to 4 in length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout. Opercle with a spine. Extremity of 

 maxilla visible. Anal with its first third before the origin of the second dorsal. No long axillary scale, 

 34 rows before dorsal fin, seventeenth scale of the lateral-line corresponds to the origin of the first dorsal fin. 

 Fresh waters of Burma. 



15. Mugil seheli, A. |, L. 1., 42-43, L. tr. 13-14. Head 4f to 5, height of body 4| to 5i in the total 

 length. Eyes 3^ to 4 in length of head, 1/2 a diameter from end of snout. Extremity of maxilla usually 

 concealed. Anal commences slightly before the second dorsal. - A long axillary scale, 21 or 22 rows before the 

 dorsal fin, twelfth and twenty-fourth scales of lateral-line correspond to the origins of first and second 

 dorsal fins. 



16. Mugil crerdlabris, A. f, L. 1. 41, L. tr. 13. Head 4f to 5, height of body 4| to 6 in the total length. 

 Byes 3-^ in length of head, 3/4 of a diameter from end of snout. Lips thick, crenulated. Anal commences 

 opposite the second dorsal. No long axillary scale, 20 rows before dorsal fin, thirteenth and twenty-fourth scales 

 of lateral-Hue correspond to origins of first and second dorsal fins. A black spot in axilla. 



17. Mugil cascasia, A. -g?^, L, 1. 36-39, L. tr. 16-18. Head 41, height of body 41 to 5i in the total 

 length. Eyes 3|- to 4 in length of head, 3/4 to 1 diameter from end of snout. Anal commences under origin 

 of second dorsal. No long axillary scale, 16 rows before dorsal fin, seventh and twenty-fourth scales of lateral- 

 line correspond to origins of first and second dorsal fins. Rivers of Eastern Bengal, and N. W. Provinces, also 

 Assam. 



18. Mugil cmruleo-mamlatus, A. f, L. 1. 38, L. tr. 12. Head 5 to 6f , height of body 4^ to 4f in the total 

 length. Eyes 4 in length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout. Anal commences under origin of second 

 dorsal. A long axillary scale, 21 rows before dorsal fin, twelfth and twenty-fourth of lateral-Hue correspond to 

 origins of first and second dorsal fins. A dark axillary spot. 



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