. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 96 MUGILID^E. 12. MUGIL HOEFLERI. Steind. Denkselir. Ak. Wien, xlv. 1882, p. 11, pi. iv. fig. 1; Pellegr. Act. Soc. Linn. Bord. lx. 1905, p. 36. Depth of body 3f times in total length, length of liead 4 times. Eye nearly as long as snout, about 4 times in length of head ; adipose eyelid rudimentary; nostrils close together; mouth forming an obtuse angle; maxillary exposed; lip narrow; a lanceolate space between the rami of the lower jaw ; edge o
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 96 MUGILID^E. 12. MUGIL HOEFLERI. Steind. Denkselir. Ak. Wien, xlv. 1882, p. 11, pi. iv. fig. 1; Pellegr. Act. Soc. Linn. Bord. lx. 1905, p. 36. Depth of body 3f times in total length, length of liead 4 times. Eye nearly as long as snout, about 4 times in length of head ; adipose eyelid rudimentary; nostrils close together; mouth forming an obtuse angle; maxillary exposed; lip narrow; a lanceolate space between the rami of the lower jaw ; edge of prseorbital serrated. Dorsals IV, I 8 ; first and second spines a little more than \ length of head, longest soft ray about Fig. Mugil Jioefleri. Type, after Steindaehner (Z. c). -| length of head Anal III 9. Pectoral as long as head; no scaly process above the axil. Caudal deeply emarginate, a little longer than head. Caudal peduncle about 1-^ times as long as deep. 34-35 scales in longitudinal series, 12-13 in transverse series. Silvery, with rather indistinct dark streaks along the series of dorsal scales. Total length 280 millim. Scnegambia.—Types in Vienna Museum. 13. MUGIL GEANDISQUAMIS. Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xi. p. 103 (1836) ; Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lxi. i. 1870, p. 957. Mugil hypselopterus, Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 450 (1861). Mugil schlegelii, Bleek. Nat. Verh. Vet. Haarlem, xviii. 1863, no. 2, p. 92, pi. xix. fig- I- Depth of body 3^- to 4 times in total length, length of head 4 to i\. 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937. London : Printed by order of the Trustees : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at the British Museum (Natural History)
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