3. MTTLLTJS. 401 



1. Mullus barbatus. 



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



cap. 2& 13, ix. cap. 2&37; JEIian, ii. cap. 41; Athen. vii. pp. 324, 325. 

 Mullus, Ovid, V. 123; Plin.ix. cap. 17, 18,51; Martial, x. ep. 30,31, 



xi. ep. 50 ; Colum. viiL cap. 17 ; (Salv. fol, 235 ; WillugMy, p. 285 ; 



Ray, p. 90. 

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

 MuUus barbatus, Linn. Srjst. Nat. i. p. 495 ; Bl. taf. 348. f. 2 ; Mart. 



Reise nach Venedig, ii. p. 426 ; Cuv. ^ Val. iii. p. 442. pi. 70 j Yarr. 



Brit. FisJies, i. p. 36 ; Nordm. in Demid. Voy. Poiss. p. 373. 

 MuUus ruber, Lac&p. iii. p. 385 ; Shaw, Gen. Zool. iv. p. 611. 



B. 4. D. 7 1 1. 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 yellow stripes. 



From the Mediterranean to the South coast of England. 



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



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



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



d. Fourteen inches long. London market- Purchased. 



e. Adult: stuffed. Devonshire. 



/. Half-grown. Brighton. Presented by Mr. E. Gerrard. 



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



For a description of the skeleton see the following species. 



2. Mullugi surmuletus. 



MuUus, Plin. ix. cap. 17. 



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

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



Mullus surmuletus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 496; Block, taf. 67; Lac6p. 



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



Suec. ed. Retz. jp. 341 ; Briinn. Pise. Mass. p. 71 ; Martens, Reise 



nach Venedig, ii. p. 427 ; Cuv. ^ Val. iii. p. 433 ; Cuv. Rigne Anim. 



III. Poiss. pi. 19. f. 2 ; Yarr ell, Brit. Fishes, i. p. 31 ; Guichen. Explor. 



Sc. Alger. Poiss. p. 8. 

 barbatus, De la Roche, Ann. Mus. xiii. p. 316 ; Gronov. ^yst. ed. 



Gray,^. 108*. 



B. 4. D. 7 1 1. A. 2/6. L. lat. 40. Caec. pylor. 22. Vert. 10/14. 



The upper profile of the snout very oblique ; the upper maxillary 

 reaching to the vertical from the anterior margin of the ejQ. Red, 

 with three yellow longitudinal stripes. 



From the Mediterranean to the Baltic. 



it. Adult: stuffed. Brixham. 

 '6, c. Adidt. British Channel. London market. 

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



* Gronovius considers M. barbatus as the male and M. surmuletus as the female 

 of one and the same species 



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