. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. jNIUGIL. 87 Miigll chelo (non Cuv.), Lowe, Tr. Zool. Soc. ii. 1839, p. 184. Mugil maderensis, Lowo, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 82, and Tr. Zool. Soc. iii. 1842, p. 8. Miigil natalensis, Casteln. Mem. Poiss. AEr. Austr. p. 50 (186]); Gilchrist & Thompson, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. xi. 1911, p. 43. Afuffil octoradiatus, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) vii. 18G1, p. 347. Miigil octoradiatus, part., Giinth. Cat. t. c. p. 437. ?MiKjil mliens (non Risso), Giinth. Petherick's Trav. ii.
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. jNIUGIL. 87 Miigll chelo (non Cuv.), Lowe, Tr. Zool. Soc. ii. 1839, p. 184. Mugil maderensis, Lowo, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 82, and Tr. Zool. Soc. iii. 1842, p. 8. Miigil natalensis, Casteln. Mem. Poiss. AEr. Austr. p. 50 (186]); Gilchrist & Thompson, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. xi. 1911, p. 43. Afuffil octoradiatus, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) vii. 18G1, p. 347. Miigil octoradiatus, part., Giinth. Cat. t. c. p. 437. ?MiKjil mliens (non Risso), Giinth. Petherick's Trav. ii. p. 213. j\/i/d-iis cicrvidens, Steind. Dcnkschr. Ak. VVien, xliv. 1882, p. 42. Depth of body 3^ to 5 times in total length, len<.':th of head 4 to 5 times. Snout as long as or a little longer than eye in adult, shorter in young; eye better visible from below than from above in adult; a mere Fig. Mugil auralus. L. Menzaleh (F. N.). I rudiment of adipose eyelid; diameter of eye 4 to 5 times in length of head, IJ to 2-j times in interorbital width; nostrils close together; mouth forming an obtuse angle; entirely or almost entirely hidden Avhen the mouth is closed; upper lip rather narrow, not exceeding -^ diameter of eye ; a lanceolate space between the rami of the lower jaw ; prseorbital with the edge finely serrated. Dorsals 1^", 117; the first two spines measuring -g to -f length of head, longest soft ray about the same length; second dorsal originating above anterior third of anal. Anal III 9 (exceptionally 8). Pectoral f to once length of head; no scaly process above the axil. Caudal forked, as long as or a little longer than head. Caudal peduncle Ij to 2 times as long as deep. 40-40 scales in longitudinal series, 13-15 in trans- verse series. Greyish brown above, silvery white beneath ; more or less. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance o
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