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A Synopsis of the Fishes of China

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Liza haematochila Mori, Hand List Manchur. Vertebr., 1927, p. 177 (compiled). Chu, Biol. Bull, St. John's Univ., No. 1, January 1931, p. 105 (reference).

Liza haematocheila Herre, Lignan Sci. Journ., vol. 2, No. 3, July 22, 1932, p. 434 (Tei Ping).

Mugil (vel Cestraeus?) xanthurus Richardson, Ichth. China and Japan, 1846, p. 248 (sea of China; Canton).

Mugil so-iuy Basilewsky, Nouv. Mém. Imp. Soc. Nat. Moscou, vol. 10, 1855, p. 226, pl. 4, fig. 3. Sinu Tschiliensis; Pekin."-Günther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 1, 1898, p. 260 (Newchwang).--Morrison, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 1, 1898, p. 265 (Liao Basin).

Mugil soiuy Günther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, vol. 12, 1873, p. 243 (Shanghai); ser. 4, vol 13, 1874, p. 157 (Chefoo).

Mugil sinensis Bleeker, Ned. Tyds. Dierk., vol. 4, 1873 (1874), p. 143 (reference).

Agonostoma plicatile (not Günther) Bleeker, Ned. Tyds. Dierk., vol. 4, 1873 (1874), p. 143 (on Basilewsky).

Depth 5; head 43. Snout longer than orbit; eye 51⁄2 in head, without adipose lids; upper lip thin; maxillary cnd not hidden. Scales 41, transversely 14, predorsal 23. Dorsal and anal scaleless. Dorsal IV—I, 8; Anal III, 9, begins before soft dorsal; caudal emarginate; pectoral without axillary scale, long as head without snout. Uniform. Length 279 mm.

(Günther.)

Canton, Ningpo, Shanghai, Chefoo, Pekin, Newchwang, Liao Ho (Japan). Günther remarks of Basilewsky's Mugil so-iuy "He mentions the eyes as 'nictitantes'; but this seems to refer merely to the circular eyelid, which covers only the margin of the orbit, as also shown in the figure."

Mugil vaigiensis Quoy and Gaimard.

Mugil vaigiensis Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. Uranic, Zool., 1825, p. 337, pl. 59, fig. 2. Waigiu.-Bleeker, Ned. Tyds. Dierk., vol. 4, 1873 (1874), p. 143 (China; name only).

Liza waigiensis Reeves, Journ. Pan Pac. Res. Inst., vol. 2, No. 3, July-September 1927, p. 8 (Shanghai).---Chu, Biol. Bull. St. John's Univ., No. 1, January 1931, p. 105 (reference).

Depth 44 to 5; head 44 to 54. Snout shorter than eye in young, longer with age; eye 4 to 5 in head, 2 in interorbital, without adipose lids; maxillary end exposed; lips thin, smooth. Scales 26 to 28, transversely 9 or 10, predorsal 15 or 16. Dorsal and anal scaly. Dorsal IV-I, 7 or 8; Anal III, 8; caudal nearly trucate; pectoral much shorter than head, without axillary scale; ventral half of pectoral. Back dark olive, below paler to whitish. About 6 dark longitudinal bands. Edges of fins dusky. Pectoral blackish, entirely so in young. Reaches 400 mm.

July 1935.

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