. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. MUGIL. S7 Mugil chelo (non Cuv.), Lowe, Tr. Zool. Soc. ii. 1839, p. 184. Mugil maderensis, Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 82, and Tr. Zool. Soc. iii. 1842, p. 8. Mugil natalensis, Casteln. Mem. Poiss. Air. Austr. p. 50 (1861) ; Gilchrist & Thompson, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. xi. 1911, p. 43. Mugil octoradiatus, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) vii. 1861, p. 347. Mugil octoradiatus, part., Giinth. Cat. t. c. p. 437. ? Mugil saliens (non Risso), Gii
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. MUGIL. S7 Mugil chelo (non Cuv.), Lowe, Tr. Zool. Soc. ii. 1839, p. 184. Mugil maderensis, Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 82, and Tr. Zool. Soc. iii. 1842, p. 8. Mugil natalensis, Casteln. Mem. Poiss. Air. Austr. p. 50 (1861) ; Gilchrist & Thompson, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. xi. 1911, p. 43. Mugil octoradiatus, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) vii. 1861, p. 347. Mugil octoradiatus, part., Giinth. Cat. t. c. p. 437. ? Mugil saliens (non Risso), Giinth. Petherick's Trav. ii. p. 213. Myxus curvidens, SteinJ. Denkschr. Ak. Wien, xliv. 1882, p. 42. Depth of body 3| to 5 times in total length, length 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 (P. N.). J. rudiment of adipose eyelid; diameter of eye 4 to 5 times in length of head, 1J to 2^ times in interorbital width; nostrils close together; mouth forming an obtuse angle; maxillary entirely or almost entirely hidden when the mouth is closed; upper lip rather narrow, not exceeding ^ diameter of eye ; a lanceolate space between the rami of the lower jaw; prasorbital with the edge finely serrated. Dorsals IV, II 7; the first two spines measuring § to f length of head, longest soft ray about the same length; second dorsal originating above anterior third of anal. Anal HI 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 1^ to 2 times as long as deep. 40-46 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 appearanc
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