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MUGILID^E. 



nostrils moderately distant from each other ; mouth forming an obtuse 

 angle ; maxillary entirely hidden when the mouth is closed ; mandibles 

 entirely covering the chin ; upper lip narrow, not J diameter of eye ; 

 edge of prseorbital finely denticulated ; 4 series of scales on the cheek. 

 Dorsals IV, I 8 ; first spine \ to f length of head, longest soft ray \ to 

 f length of head. Anal III 9. Second dorsal and anal opposite each 

 other. Pectoral as long as head ; a large scaly process above the axil. 

 Caudal deeply forked, longer than head. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1J 

 times as long as deep. 38-42 scales in longitudinal series, 13-14 in 

 transverse series. Silvery, back brownish or greenish ; a black spot at 

 the base of the upper rays of the pectoral. 



Total length 370 millim. 



From the Ited Sea to Natal, eastwards to the South Pacific. 



1. Hgr. Red Sea. Dr. Klunzinger (P.). 



2. Yg. „ W. Jesse, Esq. (C). 



3. Hgr. Massowa. Marquis G. Doria (P.). 



4. Ad. Seychelles. Sir L. Playfair (C). 

 5-6. Ad. & hgr. Zanzibar. „ 



7-8. Ad. & hgr. Mombasa. R. J. Cuninghame, Esq. (P.). 



9. Ad. Durban. Mr. T. Ayres (C). 



Fig. 54. 



Mugil robustus. 



Type. 



9. MUGIL ROBUSTUS. 



Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 432 (1861) ; Sauv. Hist, Madag., Poiss. p. 400, pi. xli.B. 

 fig. 6 (1891). 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 4 times in total length. 

 Snout as long as or a little shorter than eye ; latter better visible from 



