344 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



1172. (4.) Mugil carinatus. 



Mugil carinatus (Mr.), Cuv. $ Val. H. N. Poiss. xi, p. 148 ; Day, 

 Fish. India, Suppl. p. 800. 



D. 4 | 1/8. P. 14. A. 3/9. C. 15. L. 1. 38. L. tr. 12-13. 



Length of head from 4| to 4|, of caudal fin 4, height of body 4^ 

 in the total length. Eyes with narrow posterior adipose lids : 

 diameter 4 in length of head, nearly 1 diarn. from end of snout, 

 and 14 apart. Interorhital space flat. Upper lip rather thick ; 

 preorbital not scaled, moderately curved and serrated ; end of 

 maxilla visible ; uncovered space on chin broadly lanceolate. Fins 

 first dorsal higher than second, height of the first spine equal to 

 width of head ; the fin commences above 10th scale of lateral line, 

 second dorsal above 21st ; pectoral reaches llth. Soft dorsal and 

 anal fins scaled, latter commencing very slightly in advance of 

 former. Scales no elongate one in axil, one along base* of the 

 first dorsal, another along ventral ; scales on back in front of first 

 dorsal form a keel for some little distance. Colour golden around 

 the eye, no black pectoral spot. 



Hab. Red Sea and seas of India. 



1173. (5.) Mugil tade. 



Mugil tade, Forsk. p. 74 ; Day, Fish. India, Suppl p. 800 (see synon.). 



Mugil planiceps, Cuv. Sf Val. xi, p. 122; Day, Fish. India, p. 350. 

 JSangon, Beng. 



D. 4 | 1/8. P. 17. A. 3/9. C. 17. L. 1. 33-35. L. tr. 11. Ca3c. pyl. 5. 

 Length of head 4| to 5, height of body 5 1 to 6 in the total 

 length. Eye with a wide posterior adipose lid and a narrow 

 anterior one ; diameter 6| to 7 in length of head, 1 diam. from 

 end of snout, and nearly 3~ apart. Interorbital space flat. End of 

 maxilla not hidden by preorbital, which is bent but not notched. 

 Uncovered space on chin long, cuneiform above, pointed behind. 

 Teet7i'm upper jaw minute. Fins height of dorsal spines f that 

 of body, and equal to height of second dorsal; the tenth and 

 twenty-first scales of lateral line correspond to origin of first and 

 second dorsals. Pectoral extends to eighth scale of lateral line, 

 its root is in middle of depth of body. First three anal rays ver- 

 tically before second dorsal. Caudal emarginate. Scales no en- 

 larged axillary ; small scales present on vertical fins. Colour 

 greenish brown above, with a dark line along each row of scales. 



Hal. Seas, estuaries, and tidal rivers of India to the Malay 

 Archipelago and China ; attaining at least 18 inches in length. 

 Common in the Hooghly at Calcutta. 



1174. (6.) Mugil parsia. 



Mugil parsia, Ham. Buch. Fish. Ganges, pp. 215, 380, pi. xvii, fig. 71 ; 



Day, Iish. India, p. 350, pi. Ixxv, fig. 2 (see synon.). 

 Tarui, Beng. 



