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a few on the vertical fins. The least depth of the free portion of the tail equals half the length of the head. 

 Colours — silvery, shot with gold, of a leaden colour along the upper half of the body. 

 Habitat. — Rivers of Burma to about 4i inches in length. 



15. Mugil seheli. 

 Torsk. p. 73; Cuv. and Val. xi, p. 148 ; Klunz. Verh. z. b. Ges. Wien, 1870, p. 827. 

 Mugil axilla/ris, Cuv. and Val. p. 131 ; Bleeker, Sumatra, ix, p. 3 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 444 ; Day, Msh. 

 Qrissa. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 300. 



? Mugil cyUndrvms, Cuv. and Val. xi, p. 132 ; Bleeker, Sumatra, ii, p. 266. 

 Mugil parsia, Bleeker, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind. iii, 1852, p. 166, (not Ham. Buch.). 

 Magi, Ooriah. 



B. vi, D. 4 I I, P. 15, V. 1/5, A. f, C. 16, L. 1. 42-43, L. tr. 13-14. 



Length of head 4f to 5 (6^), of caudal 6|-, height of body 4f to 5^ in 'the total length. Eyes — without 

 adipose lids, diameter 3^ to 4 in the length of head, 1/2 a diameter from end of snout, and 1^- to 2 diameters 

 apart. The width of the head equals its length behind the first third of the eye, its height equals it length 

 excluding the snout. Preorbital scarcely emarginate, denticulated at its extremity : the end of the maxilla 

 visible, sometimes concealed : upper lip forms the end of the snout. Fins — ^the fi.rst dorsal commences midway 

 between the snout and the base of the caudal fin, it is not quite so high as the second, which last is a little 

 lower than the anal. Pectoral nearly as long as the head. Anal commences slightly before the second dorsal. 

 Caudal emarginate. Scales — 21 or 22 between the snout and base of first dorsal fin, the twelfth and twenty- 

 fourth scales of the lateral-line correspond to the origins of the first and second dorsal fins, soft dorsal and anal 

 scaly. A long axillary scale. Free portion of the tail in its least depth equals 1/2 the length of the head. 

 Colours — silvery, with a bluish-green tinge along the head and back : a black mark in the axilla. Ventrals 

 white. 



Sabitat. — ^From the Red Sea through those of India to the Malay Archipelago. It attains at least a foot 

 in length. 



16. Mugil crenilabris. 



Forsk. Desc. An. p. 73 ; Cuv. and Val. xi, p. 123 ; Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 132 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 458 ; 

 Kner, Novara Fische, p. 228 ; Klunz. Verh. z. b. Ges. Wien, 1870, p. 826. 



B. vi, D. 4 1 i, P. 17, V. 1/5, A. |, C. 16, L. 1. 41, L.tr. 13. 



Length pf head 4f to 5, of caudal 5^, height of body 4| to 5 in the total length, ^yes— without adipose 

 lids, diameter 3i in length of head, 3/4 of a diameter from end of snout, and 1| apart. Profile from upper edge 

 of snout to base of first dorsal fin nearly horizontal : snout obtuse, projecting beyond the mouth. Preorbital 

 bent, not notched, serrated posteriorly : the end of the maxilla just visible. Upper lip very thick, forming the 

 end of the snout, and having about five rows of soft tubercles along its lower fourth, the inferior of which are 

 branched at their extremities : lower lip thick, reflected, deficient opposite the notched symphysis, it is thickly 

 studded with tubercles along its upper exposed surface. Mandibles meet at rather an obtuse angle. Free space 

 beneath the chin narrow. Teeth — none visible. Mms— first dorsal commences midway between the front edge 

 of the eye and the base of the caudal fin, its spines are not strong, as long as the postorbital length of the head 

 and 3/4 the height of the second dorsal. The length of the base of the second dorsal equals 2/3 of its height. 

 Pectoral nearly as long as the head, it reaches to the fifteenth scale of the lateral-line and is inserted above the 

 middle of the depth of the body. Anal arises opposite the second dorsal, the length of its base equals 2/3 of its 

 height, which latter equals that of the second dorsal. Caudal deeply forked, its central rays equal the length of 

 the head behind the last third of the eye. Soales— 20 rows between the snout and base of the first dorsal : 

 thirteenth and twenty-fourth scales of the lateral-line correspond to the origins of the first and second dorsal 

 fins : second dorsal, anai; and base of caudal scaled. No enlarged axillary scale. Free portion of the tad as 

 long as the head behind the last third of the eye. OoZowra— greenish-brown along the back, becoming dull white 

 on the sides and below. A black spot superiorly at the base of the pectoral. 



EaUtat.—Red Sea to the Andamans and Nicobars. I captured one specimen 4i inches m length at tlie 

 Andamans.* 



17. Mugil cascasia, Plate LXXV, fig. 6. 



Ham. Buch. Fish. Ganges, pp. 217, 380 ; Cuv. apd Val. xi, p. 145. 



Ouck-se or Buah, Punj. 



B. vi, D. 4 I I, P. 15, V. 1/5, A. -gt-^, C. 14, L. 1. 36-39, L. tr. 16-18, Csec. pyl. ii (short). 



Length of head ^, of caudal 5* to 6, height of body 4| to 51 in the total length iJyes-mthout adipose 

 lids, diameter 3i to 4 in length of head, 3/4 to 1 diametev from end of snout, and 1* apart. Head flattened 

 superiorly, its greatest width equals its length behind the middle of the eves, its height equals its length 

 excluding the slout, and the width of the interorbital space 2| in the length of the head. Mouth wide, its cleft 



• In my paper on the Fishes of the Andaman islands, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 68.-,, for M^^il mafroohaus, Bkekev, M. laMosus 

 and M. erenilabris, shorn be substituted, the remarks respecting them as food belong to M. coiruleo-macuMus. ^ ^ ^ 



