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fish cannot be identical with M. our, the microscopical teeth of which 

 Forskal expresses by the word " ciliato." It is to be regretted that 

 Dr. Riippell did not communicate a more detailed description of the 

 fish from the Red Sea, which is most likely Forskal' s species, for 

 although Russell happens to be incorrect, the fish he described pre- 

 sents neither the six pores under the lower jaw, nor the arched series 

 of pores in the adipose membrane, covering the lower part of the eye, 

 which Dr. Riippell points out as characters distinguishing M. our. It 

 is therefore impossible with certainty to determine if the latter is iden- 

 tical with the present species. 



Mugil cunnesius, Cuv. and Val. 

 Russell CLXXXI. Kunnesee. 

 Mugil kunnesee, Cuvier R. A. II. 232 ('•) 

 Mugil cunnesius, Cuv. and Val. XI. 114. 

 Mugil cunnesius, Riippell: Neue Wirbelth. Fische, 131. 



Young. Head above and back silvery bluish green, lighter, minutely 

 dotted with black on the upper half of the sides ; lower half and abdo- 

 men silvery white; sides and abdomen with parallel silvery lines, 

 produced by a short line on each scale ; cheeks and opercles shining 

 silvery, the latter with steel-blue reflections ; fin-membranes white, those 

 of the dorsals and caudal minutely dotted with black, particularly 

 towards their margins, so as to make them appear blackish ; in some 

 a black spot at the root of the upper pectoral ray, continued in the 

 axilla as a blackish line. Iris silvery round the pupil, the rest dotted 

 with black. 



D 4—1/8, C 14 J, A 3/9, V 1/5, P 16 or 17, Br. VI. 



Habit. — Sea of Pinang, Malayan Peninsula^ Singapore. 



Moluccas, Bay of Bengal, Coromandel, Malabar, Red Sea. 



Total length : 6 \ inch. 



The length of the head is \ of the body, not including the caudal 

 fin. The height at the occiput is about } of the length of the head. 

 The eye occupies the second fourth of the head ; the diameter, not 

 including the adipose covering, is \ of the head ; but the diameter of 

 the orbit is \ of the head ; the distance across the forehead is 1^ dia- 

 meter. The infraorbital is triangular, with the apex truncated, slightly 

 rounded and finely toothed ; the anterior margin is nearly straight, 

 neither toothed nor notched. The anterior opening of the nostril is 



