﻿REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  GENERA 
  OF 
  MILLETS 
  SCHULTZ 
  391 
  

  

  Genus 
  CHELON 
  Riise 
  

   FiGi'RE 
  30, 
  a-d 
  

  

  Chelon 
  Ro.sE, 
  Petri 
  Artedi 
  Ant;erniania 
  — 
  Sueci 
  synoiiyinia 
  nominiini 
  piscinm 
  

   .... 
  ed. 
  2, 
  p. 
  IIS, 
  1793. 
  — 
  Jordan' 
  and 
  Evkrmann, 
  Genera 
  of 
  fishes, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  

   p. 
  52, 
  1917 
  (genotype, 
  Mugil 
  chelo 
  Cuvier 
  and 
  Valenciennes). 
  

  

  Liza 
  Jordan 
  and 
  Swain, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  7, 
  pp. 
  261, 
  262, 
  1884 
  (geno- 
  

   type, 
  Mugil 
  capita 
  Cuvier) 
  (Mediterranean 
  and 
  seas 
  of 
  Europe). 
  

  

  Oedalechiius 
  Fowlkr, 
  Proc. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Philadelphia, 
  vol. 
  55, 
  p. 
  748, 
  1903 
  

   (genotype, 
  Mugil 
  lahco 
  Cuvier) 
  (Mediterranean 
  Sea). 
  

  

  EUochelon 
  Whitley, 
  .Australian 
  Zool., 
  vol. 
  6, 
  pt. 
  3, 
  p. 
  251, 
  1930 
  (genotype, 
  Mugil 
  

   vaigiensis 
  Quoy 
  and 
  Gaimanl) 
  (Waigiou). 
  

  

  The 
  genus 
  Oedalechiius 
  Fowlor, 
  with 
  Afugil 
  labeo 
  Cuvior 
  as 
  its 
  typo, 
  

   appoars 
  to 
  roprcsent 
  the 
  most 
  e.xtreme 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  

   the 
  genus 
  Chelon. 
  In 
  M. 
  labeo 
  the 
  upper 
  Hp 
  is 
  nearly 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  

   orbit 
  and 
  the 
  maxillary 
  bone 
  extends 
  vertically 
  downward 
  below 
  the 
  

   preorbital 
  bone 
  where 
  its 
  posterior 
  end 
  is 
  e.xposed. 
  There 
  are 
  other 
  

   species 
  from 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  upper 
  lip 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  broad 
  

   and 
  the 
  mouth 
  is 
  more 
  horizontal 
  with 
  the 
  maxillary 
  similarly 
  exposed. 
  

  

  Chelon 
  Rose 
  (loc. 
  cit.) 
  was 
  listed 
  bj^ 
  Jordan 
  and 
  Evermann 
  (loc. 
  

   cit.) 
  as 
  a 
  valid 
  genus, 
  with 
  "Chelon 
  of 
  Gesner, 
  which 
  is 
  probably 
  

   Mugil 
  chelo 
  Cuvier 
  and 
  Valenciennes" 
  as 
  its 
  type. 
  Although 
  the 
  

   generic 
  name 
  is 
  given 
  as 
  Chelon 
  by 
  Rose, 
  no 
  species 
  are 
  listed 
  in 
  the 
  

   binomial 
  sense, 
  and 
  no 
  description 
  of 
  any 
  kind 
  is 
  given, 
  yet 
  the 
  genera 
  

   listed 
  in 
  the 
  1793 
  edition 
  are 
  definitely 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  binary 
  sense, 
  in- 
  

   cluding 
  Chelon. 
  Common 
  names 
  of 
  pre-Linnaean 
  authors 
  with 
  ref- 
  

   erences 
  are 
  cited 
  in 
  the 
  synonymy, 
  as 
  for 
  example: 
  "Labeo. 
  Gaz. 
  

   Arist. 
  1. 
  c." 
  and 
  "ciielo. 
  Rondel. 
  1. 
  9 
  c. 
  5, 
  p. 
  266. 
  gesner. 
  p. 
  552." 
  The 
  

   mullet 
  "Chelo" 
  or 
  "Chelon" 
  of 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  Sea 
  is 
  such 
  a 
  well- 
  

   known 
  species 
  that 
  Giinther 
  (Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  fishes 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  

   Museum, 
  vol. 
  3, 
  p. 
  4o4, 
  1861) 
  in 
  the 
  sj^nonymy 
  under 
  Mugil 
  chelo 
  

   lists 
  without 
  question 
  the 
  common 
  name 
  "Chelon" 
  as 
  used 
  by 
  

   "Rondel.," 
  "Gesner," 
  "Willughby," 
  and 
  "Ray" 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  mention 
  

   Rose. 
  The 
  first 
  desciiption 
  and 
  binomial 
  use 
  of 
  Mugil 
  chelo 
  appoars 
  

   to 
  1)0 
  that 
  \)y 
  Cuvior 
  (in 
  his 
  Rogue 
  iVriiniul). 
  

  

  Oshima 
  (Aim. 
  Canicgio 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  13, 
  pp. 
  241, 
  257, 
  pi. 
  i:!. 
  (ig. 
  1, 
  

   1922) 
  has 
  recognized 
  the 
  genus 
  Chelon 
  Rose, 
  179;}, 
  listing 
  but 
  one 
  

   species, 
  Ch^'lon 
  crenilahis 
  (F^jrskal) 
  under 
  tiio 
  genus, 
  but 
  this 
  species 
  

   hjus 
  most 
  elaborately 
  developed 
  papillat^^ 
  lips 
  and 
  ollioruise 
  is 
  nol 
  a 
  

   Chrlon 
  but 
  belongs 
  in 
  a 
  new 
  genus 
  heiein 
  i)rop()s<'(l 
  on 
  page 
  3S7. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  exuininod 
  the 
  small 
  typo 
  of 
  Agonostimtus 
  (lorsdlls 
  Streets 
  

   from 
  the 
  Sumoan 
  Islands 
  (U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  l.")ill) 
  and 
  refer 
  it 
  to 
  

   this 
  genus. 
  Two 
  puratypes 
  of 
  Afugil 
  canalin/lotus 
  ,J. 
  L. 
  B. 
  Smith 
  

   (IJ. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  [):'A\47) 
  from 
  Durban, 
  South 
  Africa, 
  also 
  belong 
  to 
  

   this 
  genus. 
  

  

  