252 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1892. 



68. Mugil saliens (Risso). 



Apost. 27 {Mugil saliens), f iJ-ocv^dpi, at Missolonglii and Chalcis. 

 •j" KsfaXdds? at Volo. For xe^aXdde? compare /.i^a/ji'^. "j" Mu^vApt 

 would be natural M. G. form of p.o:or^. found in A. G. writings. 

 Arist. 570b 2, 543b 15. Written also ffpuztov. The name is from 

 fj.'j^u, mucus, slime ; usually the mucous discharge from the nose. 

 According to Arist. the ;/£/wv, (xd/iyo?, ((r)/y.6ra»v and y.icpahx; are 

 different kinds of ■/.sfTrpeu'S. Athen. vii, 77, under x£<rrp£i')<^, has as 

 one kind /xocrvo?. This is an inferior kind of xsa-rpeu?, the yJ^aXo? 

 being best. 



69. Mugil labeo (Cuvier). 



Apost. 27 (3Iugil labeo), fydryrpo^. -f llXarapida at Chalcis. Fdu- 

 rpo? is obviously from ya/jzrjp, belly, and may mean big-bellied fish., 



70. Mugil chelo (Cuvier). 



Apost. 27 (3f'agll chelo), -f/jAco^ca. Arist. 543b 15, 570b 2, 

 1529b 17 19, 591a"23. 



Of the xsffTpei?, says Aristotle, the /£/«Jv£9, the adpyoi;^ the one 

 called <TiJ.'):ojv and the xi(f(j.h><; begin to be pregnant in December. 

 The xl<paAu'i, which some call yeXwv^ is littoral, but the -spaia? is 

 not. 



See also Athen. vii, 77. 



71. Mugil curtus (Yan-ell). 



Apost, 27 (Mugil curtus), called at Missolonghi -f paopdxc, black, 

 when small, and -f Xsuxuvog, white, when full grown. This is a 

 doubtful species, unknown to us. 



It seems evident that Mugil is the xsffrpao? of Aristotle and other 

 A. G. writers, and that the xi^a?ui?j pbSiov and yskwv are species 

 under this. 



Family ATHEBINIDJE. 



72. Atherina hepsetus (L). 



Apost. 27 (Atherina hepsetus), oMpvm. Arist. mentions the 

 af^tpbri 570b 15 and 571a 6 ; also MepvMi^, 610b 6. He says it lays 

 its eggs near the land, rubbing its belly on the sand. The dJizpv^oi 

 are gregarious, i. e. they go in shoals. 



73. Atherina boyeri (Risso). H. '^»?£/>£Va Q. 

 Apost, 28 {Atherina boyeri). 



