65. MUGILID^ MUGIL. 
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less, usually provided with short, flexible cilia resembling teeth ; lower 
jaw forming an angle at the symphysis. A portion of the stomach mod- 
ified to form a muscular gizzard. Species very numerous, found in 
great schools near the shore in all warm regions. (Latin Mugll, the 
ancient name, from mulgeo, to suck.) 
* Adipose eyelid well developed. 
a. Scales medium (40-42 series); sides with dark stripes; anal rays III, 8. 
633. M. BBacXDCaMMS Steiudaclmer. — California Mullet; Macho. 
General form, coloration, and appearance of ilL albula, the head 
rather longer, broader, and more depressed; interorbital space about’ 
half length of head. Anterior rays of dorsal and anal with small scales, 
the posterior jtart of the fm naked. Eye rather small; the adipose 
eyelid very thick. Bluish above ; sides silvery, with dark stripes along 
the rows of scales. Head 4; deiitli 4. D. IV-I, 8; A. Ill, 8; Lat. 
1. 42. Pacific coast, chiefly south of Point Concepcion ; abundant ; very 
close to the next, of which it is probably a variety. 
(Stemdachner, Ichth. Beitriige, iii, 58, 1875.) 
634. M. albcila, L. — Striped Mullet. 
Body rather elongate, little compressed, suliterete. Snout not broad, 
moderately depressed. Mouth moderate, the lips thin, the maxillary not 
nearly covered by the preorbital ; angle made by the dentary bones ob- 
tuse, or nearly a right angle. Space at the chin between the mandib- 
ulary bones oblanceolate, acutish anteriorly. Scales comparatively 
small, a few on the dorsal and anal fins. Pectoral fins placed little 
above the axis of the body. Coloration dark-bluish above; sides sil- 
very, with cousi)icuous darker lateral stripes ; a dusky blotch at base 
of pectorals. Head 4J-; depth 4. D. IV-I, 8; A. Ill, 8; scales 42-13. 
Atlantic coast of United States; very abundant southward, where it 
is much valued as a food-fish. 
(Liuu. Syst. Nat. ; Mu(/il plumieri'Bloch, Ansi. Fiscli. taf. 396 : Murjil lineatus Cnv. & 
Val. xi, 93: MuqU lineatus Gtbr. iii, 417: Mugil herlandieri Grd. U. S. Mex. BoumL 
Surv. 20, fig. 1 — fig. 4 represents the young of M. hrasiliensis.) 
aa. Scales larger (38 series); sides without conspicuous dark stripes; anal rays III, 9, 
635. M. torasaSiCBBsis Ag. — White Mullet Liza. 
Body oblong, rather comitressed. Snout moderate. Mouth mod- 
erate ; the maxillary mostly concealed under the preorbital ; angle made 
by the dentaries about a light angle. Siiace at the chin between the 
mandibularies somewhat club-shaped. Scales comiiaratively large; soft 
