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SCANDINAVIAN FISHES. 



THE THICK-LIPPED GRAY MULLET. 

 MUGIL CHELO. 



Plate XV, tig. 11. 



Adipose memhnine romnl the ei/es oiili/ slii//>fli/ developed. Upper Up sirollen and thick, its heie/ht in front, i)i 

 specimens from :27 to 4~> cm. long, measnrinf/ at least about '/,„ (!>-7" — 11 2 %) of the total length of the head. 

 18" to 21 % of the length of the head behind the eges, :',<)' to Sn % of the length of the snout, 26 to 32 % of 

 the breadth of the month or 27'' to 3H % of the length of the loirer jan\ Upper lij), in full-groivn specimens at 

 least, famished nith two or more transcerse nnrs of tnbercles on the loirer part. lAingth of the snont {distance 

 hetn-een the eyes and the middle of the npper Up n-hen drtiirn bach) distiuctlji more than half {.')9 — ()2^u %) of 

 the length of the head behind the ei/es, n-hieli, in sxiecimeus of the ((bore size, measures at most ' ;, {lO'S — 11 2 %) 

 of the length of the bodg. 54 % of the total length of the head, 55 % of the greatest depth of the hodg or 25^1^ % 

 of the distance between the frst dorsal Hn and the lip of the snout. Length (f the loirer Jair more than (ji2 % 

 {62 3 —09 '!o) of the length of the head behind the eges. and the breadth of the mouth more than 63 % {63 3 — 

 7T1 %) of the latter. Breadth of the inlerorbifal space at least about SO % {79 — 90 %) of the length of the 

 head behind the eges. Length of the head us a rule distinctly less than 24 % {22 — 23 %) of the length of the 

 body minus the caudal fn or than 49 % {45 — 48'3 %) of the distance between the first dorsal fin and the tiji of 

 the snout. Least depth of the tail more than S5 % of the length of tJie head behind the eges and at least about 

 61 % {6(/7 — 66 %) of the length of the pectoral fins, irliicJi is at most 16 % of the length of the body or 4S % 

 of the distance between the ventral fins and the tip if tlie smnit. Base of the second dorsal fin more than '"' ^ 

 {SO — 90 ?6) of the base of the anal fin. them ^/^ {68 — 76 %) if the length of the head behind the i^yes or than 

 36 % (37 — 40 %) of the total length of Uii' head. Length of the rent rat fins abont 80 % {71 — SY^/a %) of that 

 of the pectoral fins. Middle groove of the roof of the pharynx confinued forward in the roof of the palate, 

 where it is bounded on each side by a longitudinal, rounded elevation. The tongue, which is highly and sharplg 

 carinated, fits into this palatine groore. Hind extremity of the preorbital bone obliijuelg truncate, irith the lower 

 corner rounded. Hind {lower) e.rtremity of the maxillary bones externcdly visible, eren irlien the mouth is closed. 

 Chin-space usually small and narrow, its breadth being less than half that of either of the branches of the lower 



jair at fhr hind extn-mity. 



n. bi: 6: I>. 4j9 ('2 + 7 1. 1+8); A. 'i,, 1. 3,,; P. 1 1. 2 + 1.0 

 1. U!: V. ' ..,; C. .r+V2+x\ Squ. tin. Int. 43—47: tin. tr. 1.'!- 16. 



Sipi. Vlielon. KoNDEi.., Dc Pise. lib. IX, cap. \"; cc-tt. vide Artedi, 

 Syn. Pm-., App., p. 118. 

 Mmjil cepliahiK, var. B, Dei.aroche. Ann. Miis. D'Hist. Nat., 

 tome XIII, pp. 318 et 358, tab. 21, fig. 7; M. ceplialus, 

 ScHAGERSTH., Vet.-Akad. Handl. 1820. p. 00, lab. Ill, fig. 1, 

 tab. IV, figg. 1—6. 

 Mngit clielo, Cuv., Eegn. Anim.. ed. 2, torn. II, p. 232; Bonap., 

 Fn. Itul., toivi. Ill (Pesci). tab. No. 01; Cuv., Val., Hist. 

 Nat. Poiss., vol. XI, p. 50, tab. 309, fig. sup.; Yarr., Brit. 

 FisJ}., ed. 2, vol. I, p. 241; Thomps., Nat. Hist. Irel., vo]. 

 I\', p. 100; NiLss., Stcanil. Fn., Fisk.. p. 177; Gthr, Cat. 

 Brit. Mus., Fisli., vol. Ill, p. 464; Steind., Stzber. Akad. 

 Wiss. Wien, Matli. Naturw. CI., LVII, i (1868), p. 683; 

 Coll., Forli. Vid. Selsk. Christ., 1874, Tillivgsb., p. 88; ibid., 

 1879 No. 1, ].. GO; WiNTii., Zool. Dan., Fid-e. p. 16, tab. 

 Ill, fig. 4; Naturli. Tidskr. Kblivu, ser. 3, vol. XII, p. 24; 



<" Exceptionally 8-7. 



" „ 16-3. 



"■ „ 26-0. 



" „ 260. 



Mult.. Hist. Nat. Poiss. Fr., imn. Ill, p. 105; 1>.\V. Fisli. 



Gt. Brit., Irel., vol. I, p. 232, tab. LXVII; Mod.. Hcke, 



Fisclie d. 0.sts., p. 02; LiLU., Sv., Norg. Fisle., vol. I, p. 396. 

 Mugil capita. NiLSS., Proilr. Iclitli. Scand.. p. 69; Ii>., 6'l>aiid. 



Fn., Fist:, p. 176. 

 .^flll/il cio-tiis, Yarr., Brit. Fisli.. ed. 1, vol. I, p. 210; ed. 2, 



vol. I, |i. 245. Vide Day, 1. e. 

 Mngil cnrriigatiis. Lowe, Fisli. Mudtira. p. 165, tab. XXII. 

 Mngil septentrioualis, Gthr, 1. c., p. 455; Malm, Ghgs, Boli. 



Fn.. p. 474. 



Tlu' Thifk-lipped Gray Mullet probably attains a 

 greater length than am' other species of this genus. 

 As a rule its length probably does not exceed 6 dcm. 

 (including the lobes of the caudal tin), which is the 

 maximum .size ascribed by Moheau to this species. On 

 the coast of Norway, however, Coli.ett has met with 



