1. irpENEOiDEs. 397 



Fam. 6. MULLID^E. 



Percoidei, pt., Cuv. B^gne Anim. ; Cuv. ^ Val. Hist. Nat. des Poiss. iii. 



p. 419 ; Mull. Berl. Abhandl. 1844, p. 201, 

 Percidse, pt., Owen, Led. on Compar. Anat. p. 49. 

 Mullidse, Gray, Syn. Brit. Mus. 1840 j Richardson. 



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

 out or with an extremely fine serrature. Profile of the head moie. 

 or less parabolic ; hyal apparatus with two long barbels. Lateral line 

 continuous. Mouth in front of the snout, with the cleft lateral "and 

 rather small. Eye lateral,^ of moderate size. Four branchiostegals ; 

 pseudobranchise. 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 size ; stomach siphonal. 



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

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



Synopsis 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. Mullus. 



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



series 4. Muxloides. 



No teeth on the palate ; teeth of .the jawS in a sin^e 



series , . - 5. Upeneus. 



1. UPENEOIDES*. 



Upeneus, sp., Cuv. ^ Val. 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 yittatus. 



Mullus vittatus, Forskal, Faun. Arab. p. 31V; L. Gm. Syst. Nat. i. 



p. 1341 ; Bl. Schn. p. 79 : Lac^. iii. pp. 382, 401. pi. 14. f. 1 : Shaw, 



Zool. iv. p. 616. pi. 89. 

 Russell, pi. 158. 

 Mullus bandi, /S^atc, Zool. iv. p. 615. 



* 1. Upeneus taeniopterus, Cuv. ^ Vol. iii. p. 451. — Ceylon. 



2. Mullus subvittatus, Temm. J- Schley. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 30. — Upeneus 

 aubvittatus, Richardson, Ichth. China, p. 219. — Japanese and Chinese 



