Class IV, M U L L E T- 329 



Body and covers of the gills clothed with large ™™L 



fcales. 

 Six incurvated branchioftegous rays. 

 Teeth on the tongue and in the palate only. 



Kspatos, Ksrosug. Arifi. Hift. Cephalus. Rondel. 260. Gefner 158. Mul- 



an. lib. V. c. 11, &c. P'A 549- , LEI. 



Tr , . rr 7 TTT Mullet, Wil. Ictb. 274. Rail 



Kzrosu;. 0#«w £&&**/. III. j yn% pi j- Ct g 4 . 



98. Athenaus lib. VII. 306. Mugil# Amd% f ynm% ^ 



Mugil 0<vid Halieut. 37. Pli- Mugil cephalus. M. pinna 

 nil lib. IX. c. 8. 17. dorfali anteriore quinque 



Cephalo. Salvian, 75. radiate. Lin. fyft. 520. 



jLe Mulet. Be/on, 205. Gronov. Zoopb. No. 397. 



npHE mullet is juftly ranked by Ariftotk 

 ■ among the P if ess Littorales^ or thofe that 

 prefer the fhores to the full fea : they are found 

 in great plenty on feveral of the fandy coafts of 

 our ifland, and haunt in particular thofe fmall bays 

 that have influxes of frefh water. They come in 

 great fhoals, and keep rooting like hogs in the 

 fand or mud, leaving their traces in form of large 

 round holes. They are very cunning, and when 

 furrounded with a^net, the whole fhoal frequently 

 efcap.es by leaping over it, for when one takes the 

 lead, the others are fure to follow : this circum- 

 flance is taken notice of by Ogpian\ whether the 

 latter part of his obfervation is true, is what we 

 are uncertain, 



