<;i!AV Ml I.I.KTS. 



Sy,7 



THE GOLDEN MULLET. 

 MUGIL AUHATUS. 



Adiiinsr mcmhr(i)ic rainid Ihc. ci/cs oiili/ slifjlitli/ ilcrclojicil. l/iii/lil of the kjijxi I/ji (it most" (il/aiil ,3 {li'--i — 

 7-1 %) of the total Iviif/tli of the head, 11—1^\\ % of ih- tniiith of thr head t,ch'nal the eyes, about :J4 % {2U-2 

 —:H':i %) of the louith of the snout, 19' ,—22 % of the breadth of thr mouth or 20—23 % of the lerif/th of the 

 loirer /(ur. Xo luhcnlrs 011 the surfaee of the upper lip. fj-iif/th of the snout about ' „ (')0—'j2'3 %) of the leufjth 

 of thr head behind the ei/es, uhicli wr((sures id/out 12 % {1T7 —12'4 %) of the leuf/th of the bodi/, 57 % {'>(J'7 — 

 r,7 7 %) of the tot(d Irujith of the hi'ud. .">7' .,— 6'.:7' ,, % of Ihr f/rridrsl di'plh of Ihr hod,/ or 27'^ ., % {27-3 — 

 27'7 %) of tlir d/.-itaiicr behrrri/ thr Jirsl ilorsid fii and thr tip of the snout. Ijiiiilh ol llir lou<-r jair less than 



6(! % {54 — Jo'/, %) of the leuf/th of thr head behind the eyes, of u-hi< h Ihr breadth of Ihr luouth measures less 

 than (!l % {54 — ('>(y2 %). Breadth of Ihr iutrrorbilal space at most (dioul 78 % {72' 2 — //"'■v %) of the lenf/th of 

 thr head behind Ihr ri/es. Lenf/lh of thr head as a rule distinctli/ Irss than 24 % {22'4 — 2:'/:', %) of the lenyth of 

 the body minus the eauilal fn or than 4!) % {48 — 48'() %) of the distance betu-een the first dorsal fin and the tip 

 of the snout. Least depth of thr fail less than 75 % {(18 — 73'G %) of the kuyth of the head behind the eyes and 

 at most about 54 % {48'1 — 5:r5 %) of the lenylh of the pectoral fns, uhich measures at least }(;' , % (l(r7 — 

 17'5 %) of the lenylh of the body or '2 {50'3 — 50'6 %) of the distaurr befu-ern the rmtral fns and the lip of 

 thr snout. Base of the second dorsal fin more than ^■^ {78—10.'j\., %) of the base of the anal fin, than '' - (tit; — 

 69 %) of the lenylh of the head behind the eyes or than 3(! % {37-5 — 3!r8 %) of the total leuyfh of the head. 

 Lenyfh of the reutral fins at most about "/g {62\.,—(J8 ?4) of that of the pectoral fins. Middle yroore of the roof 

 of the pharynx rontinued foru-ard — thouyh less marked, shalloirer and broader than in the precediuy species — 

 in the roof of thr palate, ulirre, posteriorly at least, it is bounded by a longitudinal, rounded elevation on each 

 side. Tonyue also (in front at least) less sharply carinafed than in the preeediny species. Hind extremity of the 

 preorbital bone obliquely truncate, n-ith the lower corner rounded. Hind {lou-er) extremity of the maxdiary bones, 

 when the mouth is closed, eulirrly hidden or only a small portion of it externally risible, dreatest breadth of 

 the rhin-space more than half the breadth of either of the branches of the lower 'pur at Ihr hind cvtremity. 



Fig. 8'.t. .Magil aitraOi.f from Hclmtslraiid (Cliristinnia Fjord), taken on tlit loth of June, 1880. ' 3 <.f tlie natural size. The original in 



the possession of the Museum of Christiania. 



R. In: G: />. 4 2 + 7 : A. '■' f,: P. 1 1. 2 + l(; I. 17: I'. ',; j .S'///i. .^fll(Jil aio-atiis, Risso, Mtli. Nice, p. 344; Hist. Xal. Eur. 

 (J. ,r+12+.r: ^V/h. //». liil. 47— 4'J'': tin. ti: 13 — 14^ .»/<>., toni. 3. p. 300: Bos.\r., F,i. Ital., Pefci. tab. Xo. 02; 



" In the specimens hefore ns, which niensiire between 2.j and 45 cm. in length. 

 * 42 — 45, according to GCntheu. 

 ■■ 14 — 15. according to More.^v. 



Scandinavian Fi«hes. 



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