. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. MUGIL. 91 scries. Silvery or golden, bark bluish grey; ilark streaks along the series of scales. Total length 500 milliin. Atlantic, from Scandinavia to the Canary Ids. and ?*Ieditcrranean.— '1 y[ie in Paris Museum. 1-2. Yjr. Const of Egypt. J. Potliorick, Escj. (C). ;',. Ad. M:iiloira. Hon. C. Baring ami W. 1>. Ooilvie-Gnint, Esq. (P.). 1. Ym. „ J. Y. Jiihnson, Esq. (P.). 5. All. Lanzarote, Canary Pev. R. T. Lowe (P.). Fisr. . Muyil seJieli. Zanzibar. |. 8. MUGIL SEHELT. Forsk. Dpscr. Anim.


. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. MUGIL. 91 scries. Silvery or golden, bark bluish grey; ilark streaks along the series of scales. Total length 500 milliin. Atlantic, from Scandinavia to the Canary Ids. and ?*Ieditcrranean.— '1 y[ie in Paris Museum. 1-2. Yjr. Const of Egypt. J. Potliorick, Escj. (C). ;',. Ad. M:iiloira. Hon. C. Baring ami W. 1>. Ooilvie-Gnint, Esq. (P.). 1. Ym. „ J. Y. Jiihnson, Esq. (P.). 5. All. Lanzarote, Canary Pev. R. T. Lowe (P.). Fisr. . Muyil seJieli. Zanzibar. |. 8. MUGIL SEHELT. Forsk. Dpscr. Anim. p. 73 (1775) : Cnv. & Vai. Hist. Poiss. xi. p. {\S?>C,) ; Kiunz. Verli. Ges. "Wien, xx. 1870, p. 827 ; Day, Fish. hid. ]).X>'> (187G); Klunz. Fische Roth. Mcer. p. 132, pi. x. fig. 1 (1884). Mu]. cxx. fig. B (1877); Saiiv. op. cit. p. 397, pi. xliii. fig. y Mt/.riis trimacidattis, Klunz. Verh. Ges. "Wion, xx. 1870, p. 832. Depth of body 3^ to 4 times in total length, length of head 4 to 4| times. Snout as long as eye in adult, shorter in young; eye better visible from below than from above, with mere rudiments of lids, 3^ to 4^ times in length of head, If to 2^- times in iuterorbitul width;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937; British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology. Lond.


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