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head; interorbital 21⁄2 in head, flat or slightly convex. Scales 30 to 35, transversely 10 or 11, predorsal 21. Dorsal IV-I, 8 or 9; Anal III, 9 or 10; caudal concave, base scaly; pectoral conspicuously shorter than head, 12/5 in head, with axillary scale; ventral 11⁄2. Back olivaceous, below white. Dorsal and caudal dusky or pale. Length 166 mm.
China (Ceylon, East Indies, Philippines*). Liza parva Wu is likely the young, though the presence or absence of pectoral axillary scale not noted. It is noted as follows:
Depth 4; head 4. Snout 5 in head; eye 4, greater than snout, without adipose eyelids; maxillary end exposed; interorbital 1 1/5 in head, low. Scales 30, transversely 10. Dorsal IV-I, 8; Anal III, 9; caudal deeply emarginate; pectoral rays 14, fin 1 1/5 in head; ventral I, 5, fin 13. Dark above, white below. Caudal and soft dorsal tips dusky. Length 77 mm without caudal.
Mugil dussumieri Valenciennes.
Figure 55.
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Figure 55. Mugil dussumieri Valenciennes.
Pah tze (white mullet), Pih tse (white parer), Patz tsai. Mugil dussumieri Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol 11, 1836, p. 147. Bombay; Coromandel.
Mugil ventricosus Richardson, Ichth. China and Japan, 1846, p. 249. Chinese Sea; Canton (on figure).-Günther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 3, 1861, p. 410 (reference).-Bleeker, Nederl. Tyds. Dierk., vol. 4, 1873 (1874), p. 143 (reference).-Chu, Biol. Bull. St. John's Univ., No. 1, Jan. 1931, p. 105 (reference).
Mugil nepalensis Günther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 3, 1861, p. 424. Nepal. Oshima, Annot. Zool. Japon., vol. 2, No. 1, March 31, 1926, p. 19 (Haiho, Hainan).-Chu, Biol. Bull. St. John's Univ., No. 1, Jan. 1931, p. 104 (reference).
Depth 4; head 34 to 33, width 1 3/5 to 134. Snout 3 1/5 to 3/4 in head; eye 3 3/5 to 42, 1/3 in interorbital, with broad adipose lids; maxillary well exposed; interorbital 24 to 22, nearly level. Scales 30,
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