342 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTERTGII. 



b. L. tr. 11-12. 



'. Eyes 2 diameters apart. Anal com- [p. 351. 



mences opposite second dorsal .... 19. M. caruleo-maculatus, 

 b'. Eyes less than 2 diameters apart. 

 Anal commences slightly before 



second dorsal 20. M . amarulus, p. 352. 



Anal commences \ before second 



dorsal; lips thick, crenulated. ... 21. M, labiosus, p. 352. 

 Anal commences -| before second 



dorsal ; mandibles meet at a rather 



acute angle 22. M. borneensis, p. 353. 



Anal commences f before second 



dorsal 23. M. olivaceus, p. 354. 



Anal commences opposite second 



dorsal 24. M. bitchanani, p. 354. 



Anal commences -| to ^ before second 



dorsal ; mandibles meet at an ob- 

 tuse angle 25. M. troschelii, p. 355. 



c. L. tr. 10. First dorsal spine longest . . 26. M. oligolepis, p. 355. 



d. L. tr. 9. Second dorsal spine longest. . 27. M. tcaiyiemis, p. 356. 



1169. (1.) Mugil speigleri. 



Mugil speigleri, Sleeker, Batavia Nat. Tijdsch. xvi, p. 279 j Day, 

 Fish. India, p. 348, pi. Ixxiv, fig. 1 (see synon.). 



Mdngin, Marathi. 

 D.4 | 1/8. P. 16. A. 3/9. C. 14. L.I. 40-42. L.tr. 11-12. Csec.pyl.6. 



Length of head 4| to 5, height of body 4f to 5 in the total 

 length. Eye with a broad posterior and a moderately wide ante- 

 rior adipose lid; diameter 3^ in length of head, diam. from end 

 of snout, and 1| apart. Interorbital space rather convex. Pre- 

 orbital scaled, curved ; end of maxilla uncovered. Uncovered space 

 below the chin long, narrow, and pointed. A deep transverse 

 groove before the vomer. Teeth a few minute ones in the lower 

 jaw. Fins dorsal spines weak, first strongest, half length of 

 head, not quite so high as second dorsal, which is emarginate, 

 its base nearly as long as its height; first and second dorsals 

 arise above 12th and 25th scales of lateral line. Pectoral situated 

 above the centre of the depth of the body. Anal rather 

 higher than second dorsal, its anterior fourth is vertically before 

 that fin, its lower edge concave, third anal spine ^ length of head. 

 Caudal lunate. Scales cycloid, rounded posteriorly, many fine 

 ones over soft dorsal, anal, and basal half of caudal fins. A long, 

 pointed axillary scale, one also at first dorsal and ventral. Colour 

 greyish along back, silvery in lower two thirds of body, sides of 

 head golden; tips of both dorsals blackish, extremity' of caudal 

 grey ; a dark spot at upper edge of base of pectoral. 



Hob. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



1170. (2.) Mugil cunnesius. 



Mugil cunnesius, Cuv. $ Vol. H. N. Poiss. xi, p. 114; Day, Fish. 



India, p. 349, pi. Ixxiv, fig. 3 (see synon.). 

 Kvnnesee, Tel. ; Nga nantka, Arracan. 



