ACANTHOPTERYGII. MUGILIDJE. 



TAB. XXII. 



MUGIL CORRUGATUS, Nob. 

 Tainha, ou Muja. 

 Common or Rough-lipped Grey Mullet of Madeira. . 

 Char. Gen. 



Caput subquadratum, depressiusculum, supra planum ; operculis subtumidis ; rostro retuso ; ore 

 rictuve transverse, horizontali ; labio superiore incrassato, lato ; dentibus (setaceis) uniseriatis, 

 aliquando nuUis ; maxillte inferioris costa antice elevata extante. Pylorus ventriculiforuiis, 

 parietibus cartilagineis incrassatis. 



Ohs. — Pisces magnitudine mediocri, agillimi, vafri, edules, cosmopolitse, littorales ; junioribus 

 aestuariis s. subfluviatilibus. 



Char. Spec. 



M. subellipticus : labro superiore lato, crasso, inferne rugifero s. alveolato ; inferiore simplici, 



margine tenui : dentibus inconspicuis : niaxillarum extremitatibus (ore clauso) expositis : suborbi- 



tariis baud emarginatis, minutissime crenulatis : naribus approximatis : pinna dorsali prima altiore 



quam longa. 



5 _|_ I _|_ VI 

 1"^ D. 4 ; •2d«. 1 + 8 ; A. 3 + 9 ; P. 1 + 17 ; V. 1 + 5 ; C. — 



5 + I + V. 



M. B. 6 ; Sq. lin. lat. 43 ; Vert. 11 abd. -f 13 caud. = 24. 



M. eorrugatus, SjTi. Mad. Fish. p. 1 84. 



Longit. = 1 — 2 pedes = 4 X alt. r= 7 — 8 X lat. = 5 — 6 X long. cap. 

 Ternpus, autumno, hieme : sed per totum fere annum. 

 Locus, in littore cestuariisque : vulgatiss. 



People acquainted only with the common English names of fishes, 

 are apt to be confused by the modern vernacular application of the same 

 generic name of Mullet to the Red or Sur-Mullet {Mulhis barbatus, or 

 surmuletus^ L.) and the Grey Mullet {Mugil cephaliis, or capito, Cuv.) ; 

 as if they were distinguished mainly by the characters expressed in their 

 respective affixes. It adds to the confusion, that some real ground for this 

 community of name assuredly exists in a certain similarity of shape, in the 

 large scales, the feeble teeth, and more particularly in the form, the nature, 

 and position of the two dorsal fins. In other tongues, however, there appears 

 no trace of this confusion or relationship : the Red and Grey Mullets being 

 called respectively in Greek, r^iyXri, and Kzar^ivg or zi^pakog ; in Latin, 

 Mullus and Mugil ; in Italian, Triglia or Tria, and Cefalo ; in Spanish, 



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