report of commissioner of fish and fisheries. [64] 



Order Y.— PERCESOCES. 



Family LXXV.— MUGILID^. (65) 



213.— MUGIL Liuiiifius. (195) 



715. Mugil cephalus' LinnfRiis. N. S. W. P. C. Eu. (633, 634) 



716. Mugil gaimardianus'^ Poey. W. 



717. Mugil curema^ (Javier & Valenciennes. N, S. W. P. (635) 



718. Mugil trichodon-' Poey. \V. 



214.— CHiENOMUGIli* Gill. 



719. Chaenomugil proboscideus Giinther. P. 



215.— QUERIMANA« Jordan & Gilbert* 



720. Querimana harengus Giinther. P. 



721. Querimana gyrana Jordan & Gilbert. S. W. 



216.— AGONOSTOMUS'' Bennett. 



722. Agonostomus nasutus Giinther. P. 



' The American species {albula) seems to be identical with the European {cephaltis). 

 For a detailed account of the American Mugilidce, see Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mas., 1884, 261. 



'^ Mugil gaimardianua Poey, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., N. Y., 1875, 64. Cuba, Key 

 West. See Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 



^ Mugil curtma Cav. &, Ya\. = Mugil braailiensis of authors, not of Agassiz. See 

 Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 



* Mugil trichodon Poej. Cuba and Key West. 



In the paper above cited, we have adopted the name Mugil l7-a8ilien8i8 for this 

 species. This is perhaps too hasty, as the Mugil brasilienais of Agassiz seems at least 

 as likely to have been Mugil liza. 



^ Ch.«;nomugil Gill. 



(Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1863, 169; type Mugil proioscidevs GUnther.) 



Cleft of mouth lateral; lower jaw narrow; dentiform cilia in very many series, 

 somewhat pavid ; tipper lip very thick ; no adipose eyelid. Vertical fins scaly. One 

 species known. (Xavc», to gape ; Mugil.) 



ChcBnomugil prohoacideua Giinther = Mugil proloacideua Giinther, iii, 1861, 459. Ma- 

 zatlan to Panama. 



« Querimana Jordan & Gilbert. 



(Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 588; type Myxus harengus Giinther. 



This genus difl'ers from Mugil chiefly in the presence of but two spines in the anal 

 fin. The species are of small size, and some of them swim in schools at the surface. 



Qutrimana harengus Giinther. Myxus harengus Giinther, iii, 467, 1861 = Querimana 

 harengus Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 274. Mazatlan to Peru ; abun- 

 dant. 



Querimana gijrans Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 26. Charleston to 

 Key West. 



'Agonostomus Bennett. 



(Cestrwus, Dajaus and A'es^is Cuv. & Val.). 

 (Bennett, Proc. Coram. Zocil. Soc, 1H30, 166; type Agonostomus ^eZ/cMrt Bennett.) 

 Fresh water mullets with cleft of the mouth extending laterally about to front of 

 eye. Small teeth in one or both jaws and sometimes on the vomer. Edge of lower 

 li',) rounded, not sharp. Stomach not gizzard like. Anal spines 3. Streams of mount- 

 ainous regions iu the tropics. (Aycovoi, not angulated ; 6roucx, mouth. ) 



Jgonostoma nasutum Giinther, 111,463; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Mus., 379. 

 Streams of Lower California and Guatemala. 



