MUGIL. 



9c 



below than from above, with a rudiment of lid, 3| to 4^ times in length 

 of head, If to 2 times in interorbital width ; mouth forming an obtuse 

 angle ; maxillary entirely concealed when the mouth is closed ; upper 

 lip narrow, not ^ diameter of eye ; mandibles nearly entirely covering 

 the chin, the space between them very narrow; nostrils rather widely 

 separated from each other ; preeorbital very finely denticulated ; 4 series 

 of scales on the cheek. Dorsals IV, I 8 ; first and second spines and 

 longest soft ray about ^ length of head ; second dorsal originating above 

 anterior third of anal. Anal III 9. Pectoral a little more than f 

 length of head ; a large scaly process above the axil. Caudal deeply 

 notched, as long as head. Caudal peduncle 1| times as long as deep. 

 35-38 scales in longitudinal series, 12 in transverse series. Golden, 

 greenish above ; a small black spot in the axil of the pectoral. 



Total length 240 millim. 

 Madagascar and Coast of Zululand. 



1. Type. 



2. Ad. 



Madagascar. 



Kosi Bay, Zululand. 



Dr. J. E. Gray (P.). 

 Dr. E. Warren (P.). 



Fie. 55. 



Mugil ceylonensis. 

 Zanzibar, -f. 



10. MUGIL CEYLONENSIS. 



Guntn. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 446 (1861) ; Playf. & Guntb. Fish. Zanzibar, p. 79 (1866) ; 



Gilohrist & Thompson, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. xi. 1911, p. 43. 

 ? Mugil radians, Casteln. Mem. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 49 (1861). 



Depth of body 3^ to 4^ times in total length, length of head 4 to i\ 

 times. Snout as long as eye in adult, shorter in young; eye nearly 



