356 TELEOSTEI. ACAJSTTHOPTERYGII. 



Dorsal profile from above pectoral to snout rather steep. Pre- 

 orbital strongly bent, but scarcely notched, serrated at posterior 

 extremity; end of maxilla just visible. Upper lip thin. Teeth 

 not visible. Fins first dorsal spine as long as head excluding 

 snout, rather higher than second dorsal. Second dorsal one third 

 higher than long, it commences behind first third of anal, the latter 

 is higher than second dorsal; 9th and 17th scales of lateral line 

 correspond with origins of the two dorsal fins. Caudal emarginate. 

 Scales none enlarged in axilla. Colour silvery. 



Hob. Seas and estuaries of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



1195. (27.) Mugil waigiensis. 



Mugil waigiensis, Quoy fy Gaim. Vmj. Uranie et Phys., Poiss. p. 337, 

 pi. 59, fig. 2 ; Day, Fish. India, p. 359, pi. Ixxiii, fig. 4 (see synon.). 



Peddaraki severe, Tel. 

 D. 4 | 1/7-8. A. 3/8. L. 1. 26-27. L. tr. 9. CJEC. pyl. 10. Vert. 11/13- 



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

 length. Eyes without adipose lids ; diameter 4% to 4| in length 

 of head, 1 to 1| diam. from end of snout, and 2 apart. General 

 appearance short and stout with a depressed head. Snout obtuse ; 

 the mandibles form a very obtuse angle. Preorbital bent, not 

 notched, but strongly serrated ; lower extremity of maxilla visible. 

 Teeth fine ones in upper jaw. Fins dorsal spines stout, second 

 longest and nearly half height of body, but only two thirds as high 

 as second dorsal ; origins of first and second dorsals correspond to 

 8th and 17th scales of lateral line. Anterior third of anal before 

 origin of second dorsal, the two fins of equal height. Caudal 

 slightly emarginate. Scales some minutely ctenoid, they are 

 extended over the vertical fins ; no distinctly elongate one in the 

 axilla. Caocal appendages bifurcate. Colour brownish above, 

 dull white below, a dark streak along each row of scales ; fins 

 generally deep black. 



Hab. Bed Sea, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago, China, 

 and beyond. This species ascends rivers during the rainy season 

 as high as the tides reach ; attains a footer more in length, and 

 is good eating. 



Family XXXVII. AULOSTOMATIDJE. 



Fistularidte, pt., Miill. ; Aulostomatoidd, pt., Bleeker. 



Branchiostegals five to seven ; pseudobranchiax Gills four. Body 

 very elongate; the anterior bones of the skull produced, forming 

 a Jong tube, having a small mouth at its anterior extremity, 

 leeth small. Spinous dorsal, when present, formed of isolated 

 spines ; soft dorsal and anal of moderate length ; ventrals abdo- 

 minal, with six rays, no spine, and separated from the pubic bones, 



