96 



MUGILID^E. 



12. MUGIL HOEFLERI. 



Steind. Denkselir. Ak. Wien, xlv. 1882, p. 11, pi. iv. fig. 1 ; Pellegr. Act. Soc. 

 Linn. Bord. lx. 1905, p. 36. 



Depth of body 3f times in total length, length of liead 4 times. Eye 

 nearly as long as snout, about 4 times in length of head ; adipose eyelid 

 rudimentary; nostrils close together; mouth forming an obtuse angle ; 

 maxillary exposed; lip narrow; a lanceolate space between the rami of 

 the lower jaw ; edge of prseorbital serrated. Dorsals IV, I 8 ; first and 

 second spines a little more than \ length of head, longest soft ray about 



Fig. 57. 



Mugil Jioefleri. 

 Type, after Steindaehner (Z. c). 



-| length of head 



Anal III 9. Pectoral as long as head ; no scaly 

 process above the axil. Caudal deeply emarginate, a little longer than 

 head. Caudal peduncle about 1-^ times as long as deep. 34-35 scales 

 in longitudinal series, 12-13 in transverse series. Silvery, with rather 

 indistinct dark streaks along the series of dorsal scales. 



Total length 280 millim. 



Scnegambia. — Types in Vienna Museum. 



13. MUGIL GEANDISQUAMIS. 

 Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xi. p. 103 (1836) ; Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lxi. i. 1870, 



p. 957. 

 Mugil hypselopterus, Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 450 (1861). 

 Mugil schlegelii, Bleek. Nat. Verh. Vet. Haarlem, xviii. 1863, no. 2, p. 92, pi. xix. 



fig- I- 

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



