94 MUGILID2E. 



perfectly lateral, with a mere rudiment of lid, 3 \ (young) to 5 times in 

 length of head, 1\ to nearly 3 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 ; mandibles 

 nearly entirely covering the chin, the space between them very narrow ; 

 nostrils rather widely separated from each other ; pneorbital denticulated ; 

 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek. Dorsals IV, I 8 ; first and second 

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

 second dorsal and anal exactly opposed. Anal III 9. Pectoral as long 

 as head ; a large scaly process above the axil. Caudal deeply forked, 

 longer than head, scaly like the soft dorsal and anal. Caudal peduncle 

 1^ to If times as long as deep. 31-33 scales in longitudinal series, 

 11-12 in transverse series. Silvery, back greenish olive, with or 

 without rather indistinct and interrupted darker longitudinal streaks ; 

 a small black spot at the base of the pectoral. 



Total length 480 millim. 



East Coast of Africa and Natal to Ceylon. 



1. Ad. Kosi Bay, Zululand. Dr. E. Warren (P.). 



2-3. Ad. & yg. Zanzibar. Sir L. Playfair (P.). 



11. MUGIL MACROLEPIS. 



Mugil macrolepis, A. Smith, 111. Zool. S. At'r., Fish. pi. xxviii. fig. 2 (1816) ; 



Oasteln. Mem. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 47 (1861). 

 Mugil troschelii, Blouk. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xvi. 1858, p. 277 ; Giiulh. Cat. 



Fish. iii. p. 448 (1861). 

 ? Mugil crenilepis, Casteln. op. cit. p. 49. 

 Mugil smithii (non Casteln.), Giinth. Cat. t. c. p. 447 ; Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. 



p. 399, pi. xli. b. fig. 4 (1891). 

 Mugil rodericensis, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) xvii. 1876, p. 397. 

 Mugil diadema, Gilchrist & Thompson, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. xi. 1911, p. 42. 



Depth of body 3-g- to 4J times in total length, length of head 4 to 4i 

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

 visible from below than from above, with a rudimentary adipose lid, 

 3^ (young) to 4| times in length of head, 1^ to 2 times in interorbital 

 width; nostrils close together ; mouth forming an obtuse angle; end of 

 maxillary exposed when the mouth is closed ; a narrow lanceolate space 

 between the rami of the mandible ; upper lip narrow, its width less 

 than \ diameter of eye ; pr&orbital with the edge finely seriated ; 3 or 



