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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Genus 
  MUGIL 
  Linnaeus 
  

  

  Figure 
  28, 
  a-c 
  

  

  Mugil 
  Linnaeus, 
  Systema 
  naturae, 
  ed. 
  10, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  316, 
  1758 
  (genotype, 
  Mugil 
  

  

  cephalus 
  Linnaeus) 
  (European 
  Ocean). 
  

   Cephalus 
  Lacepede, 
  Histoire 
  naturelle 
  des 
  poissons, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  589, 
  1800, 
  new 
  

  

  name 
  on 
  Plumier 
  MS. 
  (genotype, 
  Mugil 
  cephalus 
  Linnaeus). 
  

   Arnion 
  Gistel, 
  Naturgeschichte 
  des 
  Thierreichs, 
  p. 
  x, 
  1848, 
  substitute 
  name 
  for 
  

  

  Mugil 
  (genotype, 
  Mugil 
  cephalus 
  Linnaeus). 
  

   Ello 
  Gistel, 
  Handbuch 
  der 
  Naturgeschichte 
  fiir 
  alle 
  Stande, 
  p. 
  356, 
  ]850[=1847], 
  

  

  and 
  Naturgeschichte 
  des 
  Thierreichs, 
  p. 
  109, 
  1848; 
  according 
  to 
  Whitley, 
  

  

  Austral. 
  Zoo!., 
  vol. 
  6, 
  pt. 
  3, 
  p. 
  251, 
  1930, 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  Mugil 
  Linnaeus. 
  

   Querimana 
  Jordan 
  and 
  Gilbert, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  5, 
  p. 
  588, 
  1883 
  

  

  (genotype, 
  Myxus 
  harengus 
  Giinther) 
  (Pacific 
  coast 
  of 
  Central 
  America). 
  

  

  The 
  diagnosis 
  of 
  Mugil 
  is 
  based 
  on 
  descriptions 
  by 
  Cuvier 
  and 
  

   Valenciennes 
  (Histoire 
  naturelle 
  des 
  poissons, 
  vol. 
  11, 
  p. 
  19, 
  pi. 
  307, 
  

   1836, 
  Mediterranean 
  Sea) 
  and 
  Giinther 
  (Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  fishes 
  in 
  

   the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  vol. 
  3, 
  p. 
  417, 
  1861, 
  Mediterranean 
  Sea), 
  on 
  

  

  Figure 
  28. 
  — 
  Sketch 
  of 
  the 
  maxillary, 
  premaxillary, 
  and 
  preorbital 
  bones 
  of 
  Mugil 
  cephalus 
  

   (U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  45009 
  from 
  Greece); 
  a, 
  Maxillary 
  lying 
  over 
  premaxillary; 
  b, 
  view 
  of 
  

   ventral 
  contour 
  of 
  maxillary; 
  c, 
  preorbital. 
  

  

  U.S.N.M. 
  Nos. 
  45009 
  and 
  84585 
  from 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  Sea, 
  and 
  

   on 
  numerous 
  other 
  specimens 
  referable 
  to 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  species 
  from 
  

   many 
  localities 
  thi'oughout 
  the 
  seas 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  examined 
  the 
  five 
  types 
  of 
  Mugil 
  cetosus 
  Gilbert 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  

   Nos. 
  46554 
  and 
  48254) 
  and 
  a 
  paratype 
  (No. 
  124990) 
  from 
  Clarion 
  

   Island 
  and 
  refer 
  them 
  to 
  this 
  genus. 
  Eight 
  small 
  types 
  of 
  Querimana 
  

   gyrans 
  Jordan 
  and 
  Gilbert 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  34966) 
  belong 
  to 
  this 
  

   genus. 
  

  

  