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fins emarginate. Caudal with pointed lobes. Scales rounded, a 

 rather large pointed axillary one and another along base of first 

 dorsal ; few or none on second dorsal and anal. Colour greyish 

 along back, silvery on" sides and beneath, a dark line along each 

 row of scales in upper half of body. Cheeks golden. Pectoral 

 fin with an oblique deep blue band across the base, outer third 

 dark with a light margin. Second dorsal and caudal grey ; anal 

 yellowish with a dark mark along its centre, and a light edge. 

 Some specimens have a black edge to caudal fin. 



Hab. .Red Sea, seas of India to China and Japan ; attaining at 

 least 3 feet in length. 



1182. (14.) Mugil corsula. 



Mugil coi'diila, Ham. Buck. Fish. Ganyes, pp. 221, '381, pi. ix, 

 fig. 97 ;. Day, Fish. India, p. 354, pi. Ixxi, fig. 6 (see synon.). 



Kakunda, Ooriak ; Hurd-wali-re, Punj.; Corsula and In-ye-lee, Beng. ; 

 Undala, Hind. ; Nga-sheng, Burmese. 



D. 4. | 1/7-8. A. 3/9. C. 15. L. 1. 48-52. L. tr. 15. Csec. pyl. 2. 



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

 length. Eyes without adipose lids, elevated, their upper margin 

 being above the level of the flat, interorbital space ; diameter 7 in 

 length of head, 1 diam. from end of snout, and 1 to 1| apart. 

 Head depressed, dorsal profile nearly straight ; upper jaw the longer 

 and overhung by snout. Upper lip thick. Teeth a single row in 

 either jaw. Fins first dorsal commences above 16th scale of lateral 

 line, second above 34th ; spines about | as long as head excluding 

 the snout ; first seven anal rays anterior to second dorsal. Caudal 

 slightly emargiuate. Scales finely ctenoid, a slightly raised 

 line along middle of each ; a few on second dorsal, anal, and caudal 

 fins. No elongate axillary scale. Colour dull brown superiorly, 

 lighter along abdomen ; dorsal and caudal fins stained with grey. 

 Eyes golden. Peritoneum black. 



These fish swim with their eyes just above the surface of the 

 water, giving the appearance of a number of tadpoles. Immediately 

 they are disturbed they dive down with great rapidity. 



Hab. Eivers and estuaries of Bengal and Burma, found far 

 above tidal influence in fresh water ; attaining 18 inches or more in 

 leugih, and excellent eating. 



1183. (15.) Mugil hamiltonii. 



Mugil hamiltonii, Day, P. Z. S. 18G9, p. 614 ; Fish. India, p. 354, 

 pi. Ixxv, fig. 5. 



D. 4 | 1/8. P. 13. A. 3/9. C. 15. L. 1. 44. L. tr. 18. 



>f body 4| to 5 in the t< 

 ; diameter 3| to 4inlengt] 



neau, j. uiani. irom ena or snout, and lg apart. Interorbital space 

 slightly convex ; preorbital not notched but strongly denticulated. 



