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FISHES OF IHDIA. 
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canines, altFongli present, are merely lialf tlie size of those in the mandibles. Fins — 
the dorsal commences above or slightly before the orbits, and extends posteriorly to the 
root of the candal fin to which it is not joined : the anal begins beneath the seventeenth 
dorsal ray and similarly reaches the root of the candal fin. The rays of both fins are 
simple, nnbranched, and higher than the body. In the Australian examples the candal 
fin was distinct with no elongated central ray, bnt this last was observed by Jerdon at 
Madras. Colours — alternate bands of dark and light ash : the fins opaline : the dorsal 
with a black and narrow white-edged margin, becoming widened anteriorly into blotches. 
Habitat. — Coromandel coast of India, and Hew South Wales, possibly Madagascar, and 
probably the South Sea. It attains at least 14 feet in length. Jerdon observed, “ said to 
be venomous.” 
For Mcjgil caeinatus read M. klijnzingeei. Omit synonym 
Mugil carinatus, C. M. 
Add 31ugil Munzingeri, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 264. 
Add Mugil caeieatus. 
(Ehr.) Cuv. and Val. xi, p. 148. 
D. 4/I-, P. 14, Y. 1/5, A. f, 0. 15, L. 1. 38, L. tr. 12-13. 
Length of head from 4J to 4|-, of caudal fin 4-|, height of body 4i in the total length. 
Eyes — diameter ^ of the length of the head, nearly 1 diameter from the end of the snout 
and 1| diameters apart. The greatest width of the head equals its length behind the last 
third of the eye. Eye with a narrow posterior adipose lid. Interorbital space flat. Upper 
lip rather thick: preorbital scaleless, moderately curved and serrated: the end of the 
maxilla visible. The mandibular bones form an obtuse angle : the uncurved space on the 
chin is broadly lanceolate. About 25 rows of scales between the snout and the origin of 
the dorsal fin. Fms — first dorsal higher than the second, its sj)ines of moderate strength, 
the height of the first being equal to the width of the head : the fin commences above the 
tenth scale of the lateral-line, the second dorsal above the twenty-first ; the pectoral 
reaches the eleventh scale. Soft dorsal and anal fins scaled, the latter commencing very 
slightly in advance of the vertical of the former. The lowest depth of the free portion of 
the tail equal to 2i in the length of the head. Scales — no elongated one in the axil, one 
along the base of the first dorsal, also at the ventral : the scales on the back from in front 
of the first dorsal fin form a sort of keel for some little distance. Colours — golden around 
the eye, no black pectoral spot. 
Habitat. — Red Sea and seas of India. 
For Mugil plaxiceps read M. tade. Add synonym. 
Mugil tade, Forsk. p. 74; Cuv. and Yal. xi, p. 153; Klunz. F. R. M. p. 133, t, x, f. 3 and 3cs.. 
Mugil (eue. Add synonym. 
Myxus superficialis, Klunz. F. R. M. synopsis, i, p. 831 {young'). 
Mugil ceenilabris. Add synonyms. 
Mugil cirrhostomus, Forster, Desc. Anim. pp. 198, 257. 
,, fasciatus, Cuv. and Yal. xi, p. 125. 
,, onacrochilus, Bleeker, 1854, p. 53. 
,, ru^pellii, Gunther, Catal. hi, p. 458. 
Regale cus russellii. Add synonym. 
Begalecus 'pacificus, Haast, Trans. H. Z. Inst, xi, p. 269. 
Amphipeion seb^. Add synonym. 
Procliilus sebce, Bleeker, Hat. Yerh. Holl. 1877, p. 30, and Atl. Ich. t. cccc, Pom. t. i, f. 9. 
Amphipeiox bieasciata. Add synonym. 
AmpMprion trifasciatum, Cuv. and Yal. v, p. 395. 
„ intermedins, Schleg. Overs Amph, &c. p. 19. 
Coracinus vittatus, Gronov. ed . Gray, p. 85. 
Prochihis bifasciahts, Bleeker, Hat. Yerh. Holl. 1877, p. 31, and Atl. Ich. Pom. t. i, f. 4, 5, 6- 
Teteadeachmum marginatum. Add synonyms. 
Heliastes reticulakis, Richards. Ich. China, p. 254. 
Pomacentrus unifasciatus, Kner, Sitz. Wien. Ak. 1868, Iviii, p. 348, f. 24. 
