94 MUGILID.E. 



perfectly lateral, with a mere rudiment of lid, 3i (young) to 5 times in 

 length of head, 1^ to nearly 3 times in interorbital width ; mouth 

 forming an obtuse angle ; maxillary entirely concealed when the mouth 

 is closed ; upper lip narrow, not more than | diameter of eye ; mandibles 

 nearly entirely covering the chin, the space between them very narrow ; 

 nostrils rather widely separated from each other ; pneorbital denticulated ; 

 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek. Dorsals IV, I 8 ; first and second 

 spines i to | length of head, longest soft ray f to | length of head ; 

 second dorsal and anal exactly opposed. Anal III 9. Pectoral as long 

 as head; a large scaly process above the axil. Caudal deeply forked, 

 longer than head, scaly like the soft dorsal and anal. Caudal peduncle 

 l^to 1-| times as long as deep. 31-33 scales in longitudinal series, 

 11-12 in transverse series. Silvery, back greenish olive, with or 

 without rather indistinct and interrupted darker longitudinal streaks ; 

 a small black spot at the base of the pectoral. 



Total length 480 millim. 



East Coast of Africa and Natal to Ceylon. 



1. Ad. Kosi Bay, Zuliiland. Dr. E. Warren (P.). 



2-3. Ad. & yg. Zanzibar. Sir L. Playfair (P.). 



11. MUGIL MACROLEPIS. 

 Minjil macrolepis, A. Saiith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Fish. pi. xxviii. fig. 2 (184G) ; 



Casteln. Mem. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 47 (18G1). 

 Miufil troschelii, Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. lud. xvi. 1858, p. 277 ; Giitilh. Cut. 



Fish. iii. p. 448 (18G1). 

 ? J/iu/il crenilepis, Casteln. op. cit. p. 49. 

 Mugil smith'd (non Casteln.), Giintb. Cat. t. c. p. 447 ; Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. 



p. 39'J, pi. xli.B. fig. 4 (1891). 

 MiKjil rodericensis, Giinth. Ann. & l\[ag. N. H. (4) xvii. 187G, p. 397. 

 MiKj'il diadema, Gilchrist & Thompson, Ann. S. Afr. Miis. xi. 1911, p. 42. 



Depth of body 3^ to 4j times in total length, length of head 4 to 4^ 

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

 visible from below than from above, with a rudimentary adipose lid, 

 3^ (young) to 4j times in length of head, 1-|- to 2 times in interorbital 

 width; nostrils close together; mouth forming an obtuse angle; end of 

 maxillary exposed when the mouth is closed ; a narrow lanceolate space 

 between the rami of the mandible ; upper lip narrow, its width less 

 than ^ diameter of eye ; pra'orbital with the edge finely serrated ; 3 or 



