88 MUGILID.E. 



distinct dark streaks along the series of scales ; one or two golden- 

 yellow, bronzy-yellow, or golden-orange spots between the eye and the 

 border of the gill-cover ; a dark red mark may be present in the centre 

 of the golden spot ; ventral and anal fins white, the other fins brownish 

 grey. 



Total length 400 millim. 



Atlantic and Mediterranean, from Scandinavia to South Africa *. 

 1-5. Ad. & hgr. L. Menzaleh. " L- Loat, Esq. (C). 



C-7. Ad. Near Geniil, L. Menzaleh. „ 



8-11. Ad. & hgr. L. Borollos. >, 



12. Ad. Madeira. J. Y. Johnson, Esq. (P.). 



13_ Ad. „ Hon. C. Baring and W. R. 



Ogilvie-Grant, Esq.(P.). 

 11-16. Yg. Porto Grande, Canar)' Ids. Paris Museum (P.). 



17. Ad. Lanzarote, f!anary Ids. Rev. R. T. Lowe (P.). 



18. Yg. Cape Verd Ids. 



19-23. Hgr. & yg. St. Louis, Senegal. M. P. Dolhez (C). 



24. Yg. Banana, Lower Congo. Capt. Wilverth (C). 



6. MUGIL FALCIPINNIS. 

 Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xl. p. 105 (1836) ; Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ixi. i. 1870, 

 p. 955 ; Perugia, Ann. Mus. Geneva, (2) x. 1891, p. 969 ; Steind. Notes Leyd. 

 Mu3. xvi. 1894, p. 35 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 357 (1901). 



Depth of body 3J to 3§ times in total length, length of head 3J to 

 4J times. Snout as long as eye in adult, shorter in young ; eye better 

 visible from below than from above, with a rudiment of lid, 3^ (young) 

 to 4 times in length of head, 1 J to 2 times in interorbital width ; mouth 

 forming an obtuse angle ; maxillary entirely concealed when the mouth 

 is closed ; upper lip narrow, not more than J diameter of eye ; a lanceo- 

 late space between rami of mandible ; prseorbital denticulate ; 8 or 4 

 series of scales on the cheek. Dorsals IV, I 9 ; first and second spines 

 ^ to f length of head, longest soft ray f to f length of head ; second 

 dorsal originating above middle of anal. Anal III 11. Pectoral as 

 long as or a little shorter than head, without axillary process. Caudal 

 forked, longer than head. Caudal peduncle as long as deep or a little 

 longer. 39-42 scales in longitudinal series, 13-15 in transverse series. 



* I have examined a specimen from East London, preserved in the S. African 

 Museum. 



