3. Mur.T.rs. 401 



1. Mnllus barbatus. 



Tpiyka, Aristot. ii. cap. 17, iv. cap. 11, v. cap. 9, vi. cap. 17, viii. 



cap. 2&13, ix. cap. 2&.37; jElimi, ii. cap. 41 ; Aihen. vii. pp.. '324, 325. 

 ]\rullu3, Ovid, V. 123; riin. ix. cap. 17, 18, 51 ; Martial, x. ep. 30,31, 



xi. ep. 50; Colum. viii. cap. 17 ; ISah: fol. 235 ; WiUuglibij, p. 285; 



Ray, p. 90. 

 Trigla, no. 1, Artedi, Genera, p. 43. 

 MiiUiis barbatus, Linn. Si/sf. Nat. i. p. 495 ; Bl. taf. 348. f. 2 ; 3fart. 



Reise nach VeiiedJg, ii. p. 426 ; Cuv. Sf Val. iii. p. 442. pi. 70 ; Yfirr. 



Brit. Fishes, i. p. 30 ; Nordm. in Demid. Voy. Poiss. p. 373. 

 Mullas ruber, Lacep. iii. p. 385; Shaw, Gen. Zool. iv. p. 611. 



B. 4. D. 7||. A. 2/6. L. lat. 40. Vert. 10/14. 



The upper profile of the snout approaching the vertical line ; the 

 upper maxillary reaching beyond the vertical from the anterior mar- 

 gin of the eye. Red, without yeUow stripes. 



From the Mediterranean to the South coast of England. 



a. Fine specimen. Madeira. Presented by the Hev. R. T. Lowe. 



b. Adult r skeleton. Madeira. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



c. Adult : very bad state. Achiatic. From Mr. Frank's Collection, 



d. Fourteen inches long. London market. Purchased. 



e. Adult : stuffed. Devonshire. 



/. Half-grown. Brighton. Presented by 3ilr. E. Gerrard. 



g. Half-grown : skin. Europe. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



For a description of the skeleton see the following species. 



2. Mullus surmuletus. 



MulliLS, Plin. ix. cap. 17. 



Mullus major, Salv. fol. 236; Willughby, p. 285; Ray, p. 91. 



Trigla, no. 2, Artedi, Genera, p. 43. 



Mullus surmuletus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 496 ; Bloch, taf. 57 ; Lacep. 



iii. p. 394 ; Pennant, Brit. Zool. iii. p. 368. pi. 64 ; Linn. Faun. 



Siiec. cd. Retz. p. 'HI; Briinn. Pise. Mass. p. 71; Martens, Reise 



nach Venediy, ii. p. 427 ; Cm\ S^- Val. iii. p. 433 ; Cuv. Regne Anim. 



III. Poiss. pi. 19. f. 2 ; YarreU, Brit. Fishes, i. p. 31 ; Guiehen. Explor. 



Sc. Alger. Poiss. p. 38. 

 barbatus, Z)e la Roche, Ann, 3fu.s. xiii. p. 316 ; Gronor. Syst. ed. 



Gray, p. 108 *. 



B. 4. D. 7||. A. 2/6. L. lat. 40. Cfec. pylor. 22. Vert. 10 14. 



The upper profile of the snout verj- oblique ; the upper maxillary 

 reaching to the vertical from the anterior margin of the eye. Red. 

 with thi'ee yellow longitudinal stripes. 



From the Mediterranean to the Baltic. 



a. Adult : stuflfed. Brixham. 



h, c. Adult. British Channel. London market. 



d. Adult and half-grown. Madeira. From the Haslar Collection. 



* Gronovius considers M. barbatus as the male and M. sitr/ztuletus as the female 

 of one and the same species. 



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