1. UPENEOIDES. 397 



Fam. 6. MULLIDJE. 



Percoidei, pt., Ctiv. Mef/ne Anim. ; Cuv. Sf Veil. Hist. Nat. des Puiss. iii. 



p. 419 ; 3Iim. Berl. Ahhandl. 1844, p. 201. 

 Pei'cidffi, pt., Owen, Led. on Compar. Anat. p. 49. 

 Mullidse, Gray, Si/n. Brit. 3Ihs. 1840; Richardson. 



Body elongate, slightly compressed, covered ivith large scales with- 

 out or with an extremely fine serratiire. Profile of the head more 

 or less parabolic ; h>/al apparatus with two long barbels. Lateral line 

 continuous. Mouth in fi'ont of the snout, with the cleft lateral and 

 rather small. Eye lateral, of moderate size. Four brancMostegah ; 

 pseudobranchife. Dentition feeble, more or less complete. Two 

 dorsal Jins, remote from each other ; anal similar to the second 

 dorsal ; ventrals with one spine and five rays. Air-bladder, if present, 

 simple and of variable si^e ; stomach siphonal. 



Inhabitants of nearly all the tropical seas, extending in Europe on 

 to the coasts of the temperate region. Some species entering rivers. 



Sij7i02)sis of the Genera. 



Teeth in both the jaws, on the vomer and the 



palatine bones 1, Upeneoides. 



Teeth in both the jaws and on the vomer ; none on 



the palatine bones 2. Upeneichthys. 



No teeth in the upper jaw 3. Mulltjs. 



No teeth on the palate ; teeth of the jaws in several 



series 4. Mulloides. 



No teeth on the palate ; teeth of the jaws in a single 



series 5. Upeneus. 



1. UPENEOIDES*. 



Upeneus, sp., Cuv. 4~ V(d. iii. p. 448. 

 Upeneoides, Bleeker. 



Teeth in both the jaws, on the vomer and palatine bones. 

 Red Sea ; East Indian and Australian Seas. 



1. Upeneoides vittatus. 



Mullus vittatus, Forskal, Faun. Arab. p. 31 ; L. Gm. Si/st. Nat. i. 



p. 1341 ; Bl. Sckn. p. 79 ; Lacep. iii. pp. 382, 401. pi. 14. f. 1 ; Shaw, 



Zool. iv. p. (516. pi. 89. 

 Bussell, pi. 158. 

 Mullus bandi, Shatv, Zool. iv. p. 615. 



1. Upeneus t«iiiopterus, Cuv. ^" Fal. iii. p. 451. — Ceylon. 



2. Mullus subvittatus, Temm. ^- Schleg. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 30. — Upeneus 



sub^-ittatus, Richardson, Ichth. China, p. 219. — Japanese and Chinese 

 Seas. 



