MUG1L. 



91 



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

 visible from below than from above in adult; eye 3^ to 4^ times in 

 length of head, 1 J to 2\ times in interorbital width ; a mere rudiment 

 of adipose eyelid ; nostrils close together ; mouth forming an obtuse 

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

 upper lip narrow, not \ diameter of eye ; edge of prseorbital finely 

 serrated ; 4 or 5 series of scales on the cheek ; a lanceolate space 

 between rami of lower jaw. Dorsals IV, II 7 ; first two spiues § to f 

 length of head ; longest soft ray f to once length of head ; second 

 dorsal originating above anterior third of anal. Anal III 9. Pectoral 



Fi?. 58. 



Mugil grandisquamis. 

 Senegal. 3. 



as long as or slightly shorter than head ; no scaly process above the 

 axil. Caudal forked, longer than head. Caudal peduncle a little 

 longer than deep. Scales 27-30 in longitudinal series, 9-10 in trans- 

 verse series. Golden, back greyish brown ; second dorsal and caudal 

 edged with blackish. 



Total length 380 millim. 



Senegal to Niger. — Types in Paris Museum. 



1-8. Ad., hgr., & yg. St. Louis, Senegal. 



9. Type of M. hypselopterus. Niger. 



M. P. Delhez (C). 

 Mr. L. Fraser (C). 



14. MUGIL VAIGIENSIS. 

 Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Uran. & Physic, Zool. p. 337, pi. lix. fig. 2 (1824) ; Giinth. 

 Cat. Fish. iii. p. 435 (1861) ; Klunz. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xx. 1870, 

 p. 160 ; Day, Fish. Ind. p. 359, pi. Ixxiii. fig. 4 (1876) ; Giinth. Fisclie 

 Siidsee, p. 216, pi. exxi. fig. B (1877); Klunz. Fische Roth. Meer. p. 132 

 (1884). 

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