88 MUGILIDiE. 



distinct dark streaks along the series of scales ; one or two golden- 

 yellow, bronzy-yellow, or golden-orange spots between the eye and the 

 border of the gill-cover ; a dark red mark may be present in the centre 

 of the golden spot ; ventral and anal fins white, the other fins brownish 

 grey. 



Total length 400 millim. 



Atlantic and Mediterranean, from Scandinavia to South Africa *. 



1-5. Ad. & hgr. L. Menzaleh. L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



6-7. Ad. Near Gemil, L. Menzaleh. 



8-11. Ad. & hgr. L. Borollos. 



12. Ad. Madeira. J. Y. Johnson, Esq. (P.). 



13. Ad. „ Hon. C. Baring and W. R. 



Ogilvie-Grant, Esq. (P.) . 

 14-16. Yg. Porto Grande, Canary Ids. Paris Museum (P.). 



17. Ad. Lanzarote, Canary Ids. Rev. R. T. Lowe (P.). 



18. Yg. Cape Verd Ids. 



19-23. Hgr. & yg. St. Louis, Senegal. M. P. Delhez (C). 



24. Yg. Banana, Lower Congo. Capt. Wilverth (C). 



6. MUGIL FALCIPINNIS. 



Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xi. p. 105 (1836) ; Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lxi. i. 1870, 

 p. 955 ; Perugia, Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) x. 1891, p. 969 ; Steind. Notes Leyd. 

 Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 35 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 357 (1901). 



Depth of body 3J to 3§ times in total length, length of head 3| to 

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

 visible from below than from above, with a rudiment of lid, 3-g- (young) 

 to 4 times in length of head, 1J to 2 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 ; a lanceo- 

 late space between rami of mandible ; praeorbital denticulate ; 3 or 4 

 series of scales on the cheek. Dorsals IV, I 9 ; first and second spines 

 \ to f length of head, longest soft ray § to f length of head; second 

 dorsal originating above middle of anal. Anal III 11. Pectoral as 

 long as or a little shorter than head, without axillary process. Caudal 

 forked, longer than head. Caudal peduncle as long as deep or a little 

 longer. 39-42 scales in longitudinal series, 13-15 in transverse series. 



* I have examined a specimen from East London, preserved in the S. African 

 Museum. 



