40 MULLID.E. 



Family MULLID^. 



It appears to us that the divisions of this family, established by Bleeker, are not of 

 generic value ; we therefore propose to reunite them all under the genus Mullus of 

 Linnaeus. 



MULLUS, L* 



124. Mullus vittatus. [60, 336.] 



Mullus vittatus, Forsk. p. 31 ; Russell, pi. 158. 



Upeneus vittatus et bivittatus, Cuv. &; Vol. iii. p. 448, vii. p. 520; Riipp. N. TV. Fische, p. 101. 



bitsniatus, Benn. Proc. Comin. Zool. Soc. 1830-31, p. 59. 



Upeneoides vittatus, Giinth. Fish. i. p. 397. 



Aden. Zanzibar. Mayotta. Red Sea, and nearly all Indian seas. 



125. Mullus tragula. [19, 272, 075, 690.] 



Upeneus tragula, Richardson, Ichth. China, p. 220. 



Upeneoides variegatus, Bleek. Verhand. Bat. Genootsch. xxii. 18 19, Perc. p. 61, and Act. Sac. lndo- 



Neerl. ii. Amb. p. 48. 

 Upeneoides tragula, Giinth. Fish. i. p. £98. 



Aden. Zanzibar. East-Indian archipelago. Chinese seas. 



126. . Mullus barberinus. [564.] 



Mullus barberinus, Lacep. p. 406, pi. 13. f. 3. 



Upeneus barberinus, Cuv. fy Val. iii. p 462; Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 101 ; Giinth. Fish. i. p. 405. 



Zanzibar. Red Sea, East-Indian seas. 



127. Mullus micronemus. [224, 454.] 



Mullus micronemus, Lacep. iii. p. 405, pi. 13. f. 2. 



auriflamma, Lacep. iii. p. 400 (not Forsk.). 



Upeneus lateristriga, Cuv. £f Val. iii. p. 463; Riipp. A r . W. Fische, p. 101. 

 micronemus, Giinth. Fish. i. p. 405. 



Zanzibar. Johanna. Red Sea. 



128. Mullus pleurostigma. [557.] 



Upeneus pleurostigma, Benn. Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. i. p. 59. 



Upeneus brandesii, Bleek. Nat. Tydsch. Nederl. lnd. 1851, Banda, i. p. 236; Giinth. Fish. i. |). 107. 



Zanzibar. Mauritius. Banda Neira. 



* Undetermined specimen [563]. 



