80 



MUGIL1DJE. 



Mutjil richardsonii, A. Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr., Fish. pi. xxix. fig. 1 (1846) ; Giinth. 



t. c. p. 440. 

 MiHjll euronotus, A. Smith, op. cit. pi. xxix. fig. 2. 



Depth of body 4-j to 5^- times in total length, length of head 3| to 4J 

 times. Snout as long as eye in young, longer in adult; eye perfectly 

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

 with a rudiment of lid, 4 to 4^ times in length of head, If to 2 times 

 in interorbital width ; nostrils close together ; mouth forming an obtuse 

 angle ; a small part of the maxillary exposed when the mouth is closed ; 

 a lanceolate space between the rami of the mandible ; upper lip narrow, 

 its width less than \ diameter of eye ; prseorbital serrated ; 4 or 5 series 

 of scales on the cheek. Dorsals IV, II 7 ; first spine \ to f length of 

 head, longest soft ray not or but slightly longer ; second dorsal 

 originating above anterior third of anal. Anal III 9. Pectoral f to 

 |- length of head ; no axillary scaly process. Caudal deeply forked, 

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

 deep. 40-46 scales in longitudinal series, 14-15 in transverse series. 

 Silvery, back dark grey ; dark streaks absent or feebly marked. 



Total length 330 millim. 



From the Gironde and the Mediterranean to South Africa. 



Sir A. Smith (P.). 



1. 



Ad., stffd., 



type 



of 



Cape of Good Hope. 





M. richardsonii. 







2. 



Ad., stffd., 



type 



of 



S3 





M. euronotus. 







3. 



Ad., stffd. 







?> 



4. 



Hgr. 







55 



5. 



Hgr. 







Table Bay. 



6. 



Hgr. 







St. James, Cape Colony. 



7- 



-8. Hgr. 







B. Chalumna, near King 

 Williamstown. 



Haslar Collection. 



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



Major H. Trevelyan (P.). 



5. MUGIL AUBATUS. 



Bisso, Ichthyol. Nice, p. 344 (1810) : Bonap. Icon. Faun. Ital., Pesc. (1834); Cuv. 

 & Val. Hist. Poiss. xi. p. 43, pi. cccviii. (1836) ; Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1843, 

 p. 86 ; Guichen. Explor. Alg., Poiss. p. 67 (1850) ; Lowe, Fish. Madeira, 

 p. 163 (1860) ; Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) vii. 1861, p. 346, and Cat. 

 Fish. iii. p. 442 (1861) ; Steihd. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ixii. i. 1868, p. 682 ; 

 Morean, Poiss. France, iii. p. 185 (1881) ; Lilljeb. Sver.-Norg. Fisk. i. p. 413 

 (1884); Smitt, Scand. Fish. i. p. 339, fig. (1803); Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 356 (1901), and Fish. Nile, p. 435, pi. lxxxi. fig. 2 (1907). 



Mugil cri/ptocJdlus, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 61 ; Giinth. Petherick's Trav. ii. p. 213 (1869). 



