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Show 1867.] THE FISHES OF SEYCHELLES. 863 Head scaly, with tbe exception of the snout. Body compressed. Height of body equal to length of head, and a quarter of the total length. Eyes close together, the diameter of one of them being longer than the snout, and one-third of the length of the head. Jaws equal; the maxillary hardly extends beyond the anterior margin of the eye. Teeth in villiform bands, those in the outer series being enlarged. No canines in the lower jaw. Scales ctenoid. Colour.-Greenish, marbled and spotted with darker and lighter, each scale with a silvery dot. Vertical fins brownish ; the second dorsal, anal, and caudal with silvery spots. Length 1|inch. Hab. Seychelles ; East-Indian archipelago. BLENNIID^E. 133. SALARIAS VERMICULATUS, C. & V. 134. S. FASCIATUS, Bl. SPHYR^ENID^E. 135. SPHYR^ENA JELLO, RUSS. 136. S. COMMERSONII. S. commersonii, Cuv. & Val. iii. p. 352; Giinth. Fish. ii. p. 338. Hab. Seychelles ; Mauritius ; East-Indian Ocean. ATHERINID^E. 137. A T H E R I N A PINGUIS. Atherina pinguis, Lacep. v. p. 372, pl. 11. f. 1 ; Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Neerl. viii. Sumatra, viii. p. 24 ; Giinth. Fish. iii. p. 399. A. affinis, Benn. Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. i. 1831, p. 166. A. pectoralis, Cuv. & Val. x. p. 447. Hab. Seychelles; east coast of Africa ; Bombay ; coast of Australia. 138. A. AFRA. A. afra, Peters in Wiegm. Arch. 1855, p. 244 ; Giinth. Fish. iii. p. 378. Hab. Seychelles; Mozambique. MUGILIDAE. 139. M U G I L AXILLARIS. 1 Mugil axillaris, Cuv. & Val. xi. p. 131. Mugil axillaris, Bleek. Natur. Tydsch. Ned. Ind. iv. 1853, p. 266 ; Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Neerl. viii. Sumatra, ix. p. 3; Giinth. Fish. iii. p. 444. M. parsia, Bleek. Natur. Tydsch. Ned. Ind. iii. 1852, p. 166. Hab. Seychelles ; Mauritius ; East-Indian archipelago. |