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A Synopsis of the Fishes of China

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transversely 11, predorsal 23. Soft vertical fins scaled. Dorsal IV-I, 8; Anal III, 9; caudal deeply emarginate; pectoral 11⁄2 to 1 3/5 in head, without axillary scale; ventral 12. Back olive brown, below whitish. Iris grey white. Fins brown, lower whitish and no dark spot at pectoral origin. Reaches 300 mm.

Hainan, Canton, (India*, Ceylon, Andamans, Malaya, East Indies, Philippines*, Queensland, New South Wales). The imperfectly described. nominal Mugil ventricosus Richardson is noticed as follows:

Depth 32 in total, back little elevated, curve of belly prominent. Caudal peduncle thick. Head slender, pointed. Lower lip closes under snout. Second dorsal begins length behind beginning of anal and extends far beyond. Space between anal and caudal exceeds anal length. Caudal acutely but not deeply notched. Back and upper sides with disks of scales pale grass green, edges silvery and whole lower parts pearly or silvery. Mouth hyacinth red, fore part of gill cover buff orange and bright Berlin-blue patch at upper angle of gill opening. First dorsal red lilac purple, second dorsal and caudal mountain green, notch of latter edged plum purple. Pectoral dark Anal pale mountain green, rays and basal streak white. brownish green. Ventral rays opaque white, with some carmine streaks at tips and membrane pale blue.

Mugil seheli (Forskal).

Ootow (black head), Otau.

Mugil crenilabis seheli Forskal, Descript. Animal., 1775, pp. xiv, 73. Lohajae, Red Sea.

Mugil seheli Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929, p. 603 (Hong Kong).

Mugil melancranus Richardson, Ichth. China and Japan, 1846, p. 248. China Seas; Canton.-Günther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 3, 1861, p. 410 (reference). Bleeker, Nederl. Tyds. Dierk., vol. 4, 1873 (1874), p. 143 (name).

Chu, Biol. Bull. St. John's Univ., No. 1, Jan. 1931, p. 105 (reference).

Mugil axillaris Kner, Novara Reise, Fische, 1865, p. 227, pl. 9, fig. 3-a (side and under view of head) (Shanghai).-Bleeker, Nederl. Tyds. Dierk., vol. 4, 1873 (1874), p. 143 (Amoy).—Chu, Biol. Bull. St. John's Univ., No 1, Jan. 1931, p. 104 (reference).

Soft

Depth 334 to 37/8; head 334 to 37/8, width 13. Snout 334 to 37% in head; eye 4% to 43, 13 in interorbital, adipose lids well developed; upper lip width 1 4/5 in pupil; interorbital 22 to 234 in head, broadly convex. Scales 38 to 40, transversely 11 to 13, predorsal 19 to 29. vertical fins with small basal scales. Dorsal IV-I, 8; Anal III, 9; caudal deeply emarginate; pectoral 1 1/10 to 1/8 in head, with axillary scale; ventral 12/5 to 13/4 in head. Grey, with 9 to 10 bright silvery arrow like marks along body. Dark over nose. Fins transparent, black at pectoral base and caudal tips. Length to 465 mm.

Canton, Amoy, Pei Ho, Shanghai (Red Sea, Zanzibar, Natal, Por- tuguese East Africa, Madagascar, Bourbon, Mauritius, Seychelles, India,

July 1935.

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