18 SHORT GREY MULLET. 



found in the collection of that gentleman, the other portions 

 of which generally were transferred to the collection of the 

 British Museum. A fish must be exceedingly rare of which 

 only two examples have been seen; but in the case of the 

 Mullets the rarity becomes suspicious from the fact that it is 

 the habit of all the species to keep near the shores. On the 

 other hand a curtailment of proportions is far from being 

 unusual in fishes, and when this takes place it commonly 

 interferes with either the number or arrangement of other 

 parts. On these accounts the Short Grey Mullet must remain 

 for the present a doubtful species. 



