A CA \THOPTER YOII. P EEC I DAI. 



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APOGON REX. 



Akoraz, Alfonsin de rolo, ou A. da cosfa, ou Salmonete da casta. 



King of the Mullets. 



Char. Gen. 



Corpus ellipticum, compressum, in caudam oblongam pone pinnam secundam dorsalera et analem 

 abrupte contractum. Caput supra planum ; oculis distantibus magnis ; rostro aciitiusculo lato. 

 Rictus magnus ; raaxillaribus nudis ; dentibus minutis scobinatis. Operculum inerme. Praioper- 

 euium limbatum, bimarginatum ; limbo tenui nudo serrulato. Squamae maximae, caduciie. 



Pinnae dorsales du.-B distinctae separatae. Pinna caudalis retusa s. emarginata ; lobis abbreviatis 

 latis. Membrana branchiostega septem-radiata. Cffica pauca. 



Obs. — Pisces pusilli, aureo-rubescentes, pulchelli, victui vix servientes, solitarii, rariores. Species 

 pleraeque Indico-orientales, vix occidentales (Americanaj) ; una Mediterraneo-europaea et Maderensi- 

 atlantica. Genus AMlo analogum. 



Char. Spec. 



A. coccineus, cfasciatus, arenulato-punctulatus : pinna dorsali secunda analique apice nigri- 

 cantibus. 



3 V. 4 + VIII. 



l-"*. D. 6 ; 2<i^ D. 1 + 9 ; A. 2 + 8 ; P. 12 ; V. 1 + 5 ; C. 



3 V. 4 + VII. 



M. B. 7 ; Sq. lin. lat. 25 ; Vertae. 10 abd. + 14 caud. - 24. 



Apogon rex mullorum, Cuv. (Mem. du Mus. 1815) R. An. ii. 136. — Cuv. et Val. ii. 143. 



ApogoTi ruber, Risso, iii. 383. 



Mullus imberbis. Will. p. 286.— Art. Syn. 72 ; Gen. 43. no. 3.— Linn. Syst. 1. 496, n". 3: 

 haud Rondeletii. 



" Corvuhis, Gesner ; Amia, Gronov. ; Centropoimts rvbens, Spinol. ; Dipterodon ruber, Rafin ; 

 Apogon rouge, Lacep." Cuv. loc. cit. 



Longit. 4 poll. = 3 — 3^ X alt. capitisve longit. 

 Tempus, sestate, autumno ; sed per totum fere annum. 

 Locus, littoralis : rarior. 



From Willugliby, tlie able ichthyologist, who furnishes from indivi- 

 duals obtained at Malta an excellent though brief description of this 

 pretty little fish, has been derived its imposing title of " Rex Mullorum," 

 King of the Mullets ; which is a translation of the name " Re di Triglia," 

 applied to it at Valetta, as he tells us, by the Maltese fishermen. Having 

 neglected at the time to make exact inquiry, he is unfortunate in proceed- 

 ing to surmise, that, although the individuals he saw were scarcely a 



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