82 





MUGILIDiE. 





25. Yg. 





Bah r-cl-Tawilah, freshwater 

 canal. 



L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



20-29. Ad. 



& hgr. 



Nile near Samannud. 



jj 



30. Ad. 





Nile. 



S. S. Allen, Esq. (P.). 



31-40. Ad. 



, hgr., & egg. 



St. Louis, Senegal. 



M. P. Delhez (C). 



41. Yg. 





St. Jago, Cape Verd. 



H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



42. Ad. 





Lagos. 



J. Cadman, Esq. (P.). 



43. Hgr. 





Niger. 



Mr. L. Fraser (().;. 



44. Hgr. 





Banana, Lower Congo. 



Capt. Wilverth (0.). 



45. Hgr. 





Cabinda. 



Dr. Jackson (C.) ; Hon 

 W. Rotbscbild (P.). 



46,47. Ad. 



& hgr., stffd. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



Sir A. Smith (P.). 



48. Yg. 





91 



55 



49. Hgr. 





)5 



55 



50-54. Yg. 





Port Elizabeth. 



F. W. Fitz Simons, Esq 

 (P.). 



55. Ad. 





Durban. 



Mr. T. Ayres (O.). 



56-57. Ad. 



& hgr. 



Natal. 



Dr. E. Warren (P.). 



2. MUGIL OEUR. 



Foisk. Descr. Anim. p. 74 (1775) ; Riipp. N. Wirbelth. p. 131 (1840) ; Klunz. 



Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xx. 1870, p. 829 ; Day, Fish. Ind. p. 353, pi. lxxv. 



fig. 3 (1876) ; Steind. Denkschr. Alt. Wien, xliv. 1882, p. 40 ; Klunz. Fische 



Eoth. Meer. p. 132, pi. x. fig. 1 b (1884). 

 Mugil cejAalotus, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xi. p. 110 (1836) ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. 



iii. p. 419 (1861) ; Kner, Novara, Fische, p. 224 (1865) ; Bleek, Poiss. 



Madag. p. 45, pi. ii. fig. 1 (1874) ; Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 402, 



pi. xlix.B. figs. 2 & 3 (1891). 

 Mugil borbonicua, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 113 ; Sauv. op. cit. p. 395, pi. xlii. fig. 3. 

 Mi/.vus superficialis, Klunz. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xx. 1870, p. 831. 

 Myxus ccecutiens, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) xvii. 1876, p. 397 ; Sauv. op. cit. 



p. 404, pi. xlii. fig. 2. 



Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 3^ to i times in total 

 length. Snout as long as eye in adult, shorter in young ; eye perfectly 

 lateral in young, better visible from below than from above in adult, 

 partly covered by a much developed adipose lid, which extends in front 

 of and behind the orbit, 3 (young) to 4^ times in length of head, 1^ to 

 2 times in interorbital width ; nostrils rather widely separated from 

 each other ; mouth forming a right angle ; maxillary hidden when the 

 mouth is closed ; a lanceolate space between the rami of the mandible ; 

 upper lip narrow, its width less than J diameter of eye ; praeorbital with 

 the edge finely serrated ; 2 or 3 scries of scales on the cheek. Dorsals IV, 



