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Teeth.— Schultz (1946, p. 389) states with re- 

 gard to teeth in Mugil, "the teeth in the lower hp 

 are setiform or ciliform, partly embedded or con- 

 spicuous ; teeth in upper hp similar. The outer row 

 of teeth in both Hps is usually more prominent, 

 with simple tips, and if inner rows occur these are 

 either bifid or trifid, at least on adults (apparently 

 the teeth in certain species of this genus become 



bifid or even trifid in large adults)." He further 

 stated, "In this genus I find that in small speci- 

 mens of certain species the teeth have simple tips, 

 but later the inner teeth have bifid tips and in the 

 largest adults some possess trifid tips. The teeth 

 of the outer row usually have simple tips, but in 

 some large specimens these are bifid too." 



Teeth develop in young silver mullet at about 



10 20 40 60 60 100 



STANDARD LENGTH IN MM. 



200 



400 600 



FiGUKE 20. — Relation of the distances from snout to insertions of first (lower line) and second (upper line) dorsal fins to 



standard length.* 

 * See footnote 1, p. 40S. 



