350 



ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



4. Mugil planiceps. 



Mugil cephahbs ? Ham. Buch. Fish. Ganges, pp. 219, 381. 



Mugil plame&ps. Guv. and Val. xi, p. 122 ; Bleeker, Beng. en Hind. p. 101 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 428 ; 

 Kner, Novara Fisclie, p. 225. 



Mugil offphalotus, Cantor, Catal. p. 95. 



Mugil Dussumieri, Bleeker, Java, iv, p. 339. 



Bangon, Beng. 



B. vi, D. 4 I I, P. 17, V. 1/5, A. f, C. 17, L. 1. 33-35, L. tr. 11, Ceec. pyl. v. 



Length of head 4| to 5, of candal 5^, height of body 6f to 6 in the total length. Eye — ^with a wide 

 posterior adipose lid almost extending to the pupil, and a narrow anterior one, diameter 6^ to 7 in 

 the length of the head, 1|^ diameters from end of snout, and nearly 3 apart. Interorhital space flat, and its width 

 equal to a little more than half the length of the head excluding the snout. Height of head not so 

 long as its postorbital portion, whilst its width equals its length behind the middle of the eyes, or even of its 

 entire length in large specimens. Head flattened superiorly : the depth of the cleft of the mouth equals half 

 the width of its gape. The upper lip forms the end of the snout. The end of the maxilla is not hidden by the 

 preorbital, which last is bent but not notched, serrated along its lower and posterior borders. Uncovered space 

 on chia long, cuneiform above, pointed behind. Teeth — in the upper jaw minute. Fins — dorsal spines strong, 

 the fin commences midway between the front edge of the eye and the base of the caudal fin, its origin 

 corresponds to the tenth scale of the lateral-line, the height of the spines is 2/3 of that of the body, and equal 

 the height of the second' dorsal. Pectoral extends to the eighth scale of the lateral-line, its root is in 

 the middle of the depth of the body. The fii'st three anal rays are on the vertical before the second dorsal fin. 

 Caudal emarginate. Scales — 20 rows between the snout and base of first dorsal fin : the tenth and twenty-first 



Stomach aud Gmc&l Appendages, small Intestine tuened upwards. 



scales of the lateral-line correspond to the origin of the first and second dorsal fins : no enlarged axillary one : 

 small ones present on the vertical fins. Csecal appendages five, as shown in the woodcut. Free portion of the 

 tail m Its least depth equals 2i in the length of the head. Oolours-greemsh^hvown superiorly, with a dark line 

 along each row oi scales. ■ r jz 



S-afetof— Seas estuaries, and tidal rivers of India to the Malay Archipelago and China. It attains at 

 least a toot-and-a-half in length. It is common in the Hooghly at Calcutta. 



5. Mugil parsia, Plate LXXV, fig. 2. 



T A ^^o°'^ -^fiA^' f f ■ ^^T^'^P- ^J.^' ^^^' P^- ^^"'^- ^1 ' ^^^- ^'^'l^^l- ^' P- 144; (Bleeker, Nat. Tij. Ned. 

 Ind. 1852, p 166 not Syn.) ; Gunther, Catal. iii, p. 426 ; Day, Fish. Malabar, p. 142. 



225) ^'^*''"*> ^1^^^^^' Seng, en Hind. p. 100; Gunther, Catal. iii, p. 430; (?Kner, Novara Fische, 



Ta/rm, Beng. 



B. vi, D. 4 I t, P. 14, V. 1/5, A. 3!^, C. 14, L. 1. 34-35, L. tr. 11-12, C^c. pyl. v. 

 wpll Air^^\ °^ Y^ ^ *^-^*' "^.f ^dal 6, height of body from 4i to 4i in the total length. %e-with a 

 ^/7 of Srof l"^! r°J ^IT i'^ '^^'^^^S two-thirds of the distance across the iris,^ diameter of eyes 

 ftuS^^ i, i^^t^'^'*' ?^\°^ f ^If'^rJ"""^ ^^"^ °f «^°"*' "^^d 1* ^P^^t- Height of the head almost equals 

 Its length. Its width equals its length behmd anterior third of the eye. Upper surface of head slightly 



rrhe'end"of't£'s nT'p*^' T.'i ^ *^^" ""^ ^^^''^ "^l^l^^l^' ^° *^^t ^4^^^ ceSa portionformsV 

 of the end of the snout. Preorbital bent not notched, serrated, and does nol quite conceal the end of the 



