MUGTL. 



85 



as long as head. Caudal peduncle 1J to 2 times as long as deep. 

 40-47 scales in longitudinal series, 14-16 in transverse series. Grey 

 or greyish olive above, with more or less distinct darker streaks along 

 the series of scales, silvery white beneath ; fins greyish ; often a very 

 small dark spot in the upper part of the root of the pectoral fin ; young 

 uniform silvery. 



Total length 400 millim. 



Atlantic and Mediterranean, from Scandinavia to South Africa. — 

 Types in Paris Museum. 



1. Yg. 



2-11. Ad., bgr., & 



yg- 



12-14. Hgr. & yg. 

 15-18. Hgr.&yg. 



la. Y g . 



20-23. Hgr. 



24. Type of M. pe- 



therici. 

 25-28, 29-32. Ad. 

 33-48. Yg. 



49-50. Ad. &yg. 

 51-52. Ad. 



53. Hgr. 



54. Ad.,stffd.,type of 



M. multilineatus. 



55. Ad., stffd. 



56. 57-58. Ad. 

 59-60. Ad. 



Mediterranean Coast of 



Egypt. 

 L. Menzaleh. 



Ghet - el - Nassara, L. 

 Menzaleh. 



Bahr-el-Tawilah, fresh- 

 water canal. 



Near Gemil, L. Men- 

 zaleh. 



Nile near Samannud. 



Nile at Cairo. 



L. Temsah, Isthmus of 



Suez. 

 Mazagan, Morocco. 

 Oum Erbiah, „ 

 Angola. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



Table Bay. 



Berg R., Cape Colony. 



Dr. Riippell (P.). 

 L. Loat, Esq. (G). 



J. Petherick, Esq. (C). 



Sir R. Owen (P.). 



Mr. F. W. Riggenbach (C). 



R. J. Cuningbame, Esq. 



(p.). 



Sir A. Smith (P.). 



Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.). 



4. MUGIL SALIENS. 



Risso, Ichthyol. Nice, p. 345 (1810) ; Bonap. Icon. Faun. Ital., Pesc. (1834) ; 

 Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xi. p. 47, pi. cccix. (1836) ; Guichen. Explor. Alg., 

 Poiss. p. 67 (1850) ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 443 (1861) ; Moreau, Poiss. 

 France, iii. p. 191 (1881) ; Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 396 (1891). 



Mugil capensis, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 108. 



