328 SPIXY-FINXED FISHES. 



The Riband Fishes (Tcenioids) * are distinguished 

 bv an extremely elongated body, very much flattened 



Fig. 257.— soabbaed-fish, 



on the sides : their form has obtained for them the 

 name of Bihand Fishes and Scahhard Fishes, 



The Family of Mugiloids is distinct from all the 

 preceding, and is characterized by an almost cylin- 

 drical body covered with large scales, a slightly- 

 depressed head, and short muzzle, a transverse mouth 

 armed with extremely fine teeth, two separate dorsal 

 fins, and the ventral fins attached behind the pectoral. 

 They constitute a single genus. 



The Mullets [Mugil) which, although they hear in English the 



Fra. 258.— THTCK-LTPPKD GEKT JTULLF.T. 



same name, must not be confounded with the Red Mullet (Mullus) 

 described in a preceding page. Their flesh is much esteemed. 



taenia, a riband ; ^Tdos, eidos, form, shape. 



