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  UNITED 
  STATES 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

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  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Vol. 
  96 
  Waihington: 
  1946 
  No. 
  3204 
  

  

  A 
  REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  GENEKA 
  OF 
  MULLETS, 
  FISHES 
  OF 
  

   THE 
  FAMILY 
  MUGILIDAE, 
  WITH 
  DESCRIPTIONS 
  OF 
  

   THREE 
  NEW 
  GENERA 
  

  

  By 
  Leonard 
  P. 
  Schultz 
  

  

  During 
  my 
  recent 
  studios 
  of 
  the 
  mullets 
  of 
  Venezuela 
  I 
  became 
  

   interested 
  in 
  the 
  gonci-ic 
  relationships 
  of 
  the 
  ^fuJ^ilidao 
  and 
  attempted 
  

   to 
  define 
  the 
  genera 
  of 
  this 
  group 
  of 
  fishes. 
  To 
  accomplish 
  this 
  I 
  

   examined 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  mugilid 
  species 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  

   genotypes, 
  basing 
  my 
  diagnoses 
  on 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   National 
  Museum. 
  The 
  numerous 
  genera 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  have 
  not 
  

   been 
  well 
  defined, 
  and 
  I 
  failed 
  to 
  locate 
  any 
  key 
  or 
  contribution 
  in 
  

   which 
  all 
  the 
  genera 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  were 
  compared. 
  This 
  study 
  is 
  a 
  

   provisional 
  one. 
  Much 
  more 
  work 
  needs 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  before 
  the 
  

   various 
  genera 
  are 
  thoroughly 
  understood, 
  especially 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  

   those 
  centering 
  around 
  Afugil 
  and 
  Chelon 
  as 
  herein 
  defined. 
  My 
  

   conclusions 
  were 
  made 
  after 
  several 
  hundred 
  specimens 
  from 
  most 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  were 
  examined; 
  the 
  material 
  used 
  is 
  summarized 
  

   under 
  each 
  genus. 
  No 
  attempt 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  place 
  under 
  each 
  gemis 
  

   all 
  the 
  species 
  that 
  may 
  belong 
  there, 
  since 
  that 
  task 
  would 
  rccjuirc 
  

   the 
  n^cxamination 
  of 
  the 
  types 
  of 
  all 
  described 
  species, 
  scattered 
  in 
  

   museums 
  throughout 
  the 
  world. 
  

  

  Several 
  ichtiiyologists 
  have 
  studied 
  the 
  Mugilidae, 
  i)resenting 
  in 
  

   keys 
  or 
  diagnoses 
  their 
  understanding 
  of 
  certain 
  genera. 
  Among 
  the 
  

   recent 
  ones 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  Jordan 
  and 
  Evermann 
  (U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  

   Mus. 
  Bull. 
  47, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  p. 
  809, 
  1896); 
  Oshima 
  (Ann. 
  Carnegie 
  Mus., 
  

   vol. 
  13, 
  p. 
  241, 
  1922); 
  Weber 
  and 
  de 
  Beaufort 
  (The 
  Fishes 
  of 
  the 
  

   Indo-Australian 
  Arehipelagr), 
  vol. 
  4, 
  p. 
  230, 
  1922); 
  ^^ohr 
  (Zool. 
  

   Jahrb., 
  vol. 
  54, 
  pp. 
  195 
  200, 
  1927); 
  and 
  Ro.\a>^ 
  (Philippine 
  Journ. 
  

   Sci., 
  vol. 
  54, 
  No. 
  3, 
  pp. 
  393-396, 
  1934). 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  L. 
  B. 
  Smith 
  (Ann. 
  

  

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