. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Fishes. 436 Mugil macrolepidotus, Biipp. All. Fische, p. 140. taf. 35. fig. 2 ; Ctw. Sf Veil. xi. p. 134; Cant. Catal. p. 95 ; (not Rich.), melanochir, {Kuhl ^- v. Hass.) Ciw. Sf Val. xi. p, 143 (young); Blcek. Borneo, vi. p. 423. D. 4 I -i-. A. |: L. lat. 26-27. L. transv. 9. C«c. pylor. 10. Vert. 11/13. The height of the body is contained four times and a fourth to four times and thi^ee-fourths in the total length, the length of the head four times and a half. Head broad, flat above, the width of
. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Fishes. 436 Mugil macrolepidotus, Biipp. All. Fische, p. 140. taf. 35. fig. 2 ; Ctw. Sf Veil. xi. p. 134; Cant. Catal. p. 95 ; (not Rich.), melanochir, {Kuhl ^- v. Hass.) Ciw. Sf Val. xi. p, 143 (young); Blcek. Borneo, vi. p. 423. D. 4 I -i-. A. |: L. lat. 26-27. L. transv. 9. C«c. pylor. 10. Vert. 11/13. The height of the body is contained four times and a fourth to four times and thi^ee-fourths in the total length, the length of the head four times and a half. Head broad, flat above, the width of the interorbital space being one-half of the length of the head. Snout short, broad, depressed, ob- tuse. Lips thin ; the angle made by the anterior margins of the mandibulary bones is very obtuse. The free space at the chin, between the mandibles, is broadly lanceolate. The inferior extre- mity of the maxillary is visible below the angle of the mouth. Eye without adipose membrane. There are sixteen series of scales between the spinous dorsal fin and -.^^ ... the snout. The pectoral extends to the vertical from the origin of the dorsal. The eighth and seventeenth scales of the lateral line correspond to the origins of the two dorsal fins. The soft dorsal and the anal short and elevated, scaly; caudal very slightly emarginate. Pectorals blackish, entirely black in immature specimens. From the lied Sea through the Indian Ocean and Archipelago to the coasts of Australia and to Polj^nesia. a. Adult: stuflfed. Red Sea. From Dr. RUppell's Collection. h-f. Half-groAvn and young. Red Sea. Presented by Dr. Riippell. g. Young: skin. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. h. Young. East Indian Archipelago. Purchased of Mr. Frank. I, Young. North-western Australia. PresentedbySir J. Richardson. Ic. Half-grown. South Australia. From Mr. Dring's Collection. I. Adult: skeleton. Mugil rossli (Bleek. Kokos, p. 45), known from a single specimen, and descTibed as having a more slender bod
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