MUGIL. 



89 



Silvery, brown or olive above ; fins grey ; a more or less distinct dark 

 spot at base of pectoral. 



Total length 240 millim. 



West Coast of Africa, from Senegambia to Angola. — Type in Paris 

 Museum. 



Fig. 51. 



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7. MUGIL CHELO. 



Cuv. Rcgne Anim. 2nd ed. ii. p. 232 (1829) ; Bonap. Icon. Faun. Ital., Pesc. 

 (1834) ; Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xi. p. 50, pi. cccix. (1836) ; Yarrell, Brit. 

 Fish. i. p. 207 (1836); Glinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 454 (1861) ; Steind. Sitzb. 



