366 SYNOPSIS. 



Gen. XXXVII. Atherina. Ventrals placed far behind the 



pectorals, sides with a broad longitudinal band. 



Sp. 60. A. presbyter. Atherine, or Sand-smelt. Snout short, 

 lower jaw projecting beyond the upper, and ascending 

 obliquely ; first dorsal commencing a little before th* 

 middle ; caudal deeply forked. Fin- rays, 1st D. 8 : 

 2d D. 1 + 12 : P. 15 : V. 1 + 5 : A. 1 + 14 : C. 17. Back 

 greyish white, freckled with black ; each side with a silver 

 band, having a narrow purplish line above it ; dorsal ridge 

 with an interrupted yellowish line ; belly white, fins 

 speckled with black. — Oiw. da Val, x. p. 439 ; TaiT. 

 Brit. Fish., i. 229. Atherina hepsetus, Femi. BriU Zool.f 

 iii. p. 434, pi. 76. 



Gen. XXXVIII. Mugil. Ventrals placed behind the pec- 

 torals, but not so far as in Atherina ; sides without a silver 

 band. 



Sp. 61. M. capita. Grey Mullet. Dorsal fin commencing 

 nearly on a line dividing the distance between the origin 

 of the ventral and anal fins ; second dorsal a little behind, 

 and terminating on the same line as the anal ; caudal 

 forked ; scale above the pectoral short and obtuse ; skin 

 at the margin of the orbit not advancing upon the eye. 

 Fm-rays, D. 4, 1 + 8 : P. 17 : V. 1 + 5 : A. 3 + 9 : C. 13. 

 Back dusky blue, sides and belly silvery, marked with 

 longitudinal dark lines. — Cuv. ^ Vol., xi., p. 36 ; Yarr. 

 Brit. Fish., i. 234. Mugil cephalus. Grey Mullet, Pemi. 

 Brit. Zool, iii. p. 436, pi. 77 ; Do7i. Brii. Fish., pi. 15, 



Sp. 62. M. chelo. Thick-lipped Grey ]\Iullet. Lips very large 

 and fleshy, the margins ciliated ; base of the last ray of the 

 first dorsal half-way between the point of the snout and 

 the base of the middle caudal ray ; taU broad and concave 

 at the extremity ; head and back greenish ; other parts 

 silvery, the sides with six or seven parallel greenish lines. 

 Fin-rays, D. 4, 9 : P. 14 : V. 1 + 5 : A. 3 + 8 : C. 16.— 

 Cuv. <b Vol., xi. p. 50 ; Yarr Brit. Fish., i. 241. 



Sp. 63. M. curtus. Short Grey Mullet. Body very short, 

 deeper in proportion than that of M. capito; head wider 



