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FAMILY XI. MUGILIDjE. 



The body is almost cylindrical, covered with large scales, and furnished 

 wilh two distinct dorsal fins, the first of which has only four spinous rays. 

 The ventrals are attached somewhat behind the pectorals. The gills have six 

 rays. The head is rather depressed, also covered with large scales or poly- 

 gonal plates. The muzzle is very short. The teeth are very fine, sometimes 

 scarcely perceptible. 



GENUS I. MUGIL, Lin. 

 Ventrals placed a short distance behind the pectorals. The first dorsal 

 with four spinous rays. The middle of the under jaw tuberculated within, and 

 a corresponding cavity in the upper jaw. Teeth very small. 



1. Mugil albula, Lin. 



General hue whitish. Caudal with a blackish border. Lips finely pectinated. 

 D.4-18. P. 15. V. 1-5. A. 1-7. C. 15. Length, 9 inches. 



Connecticut, Linsley. New York, Mitchill, Cuv., Dekay. Virginia, Schoepff. 

 South Carolina, Lin., Catesby, Schoepff. 



Albula Bahamensis, Mullet, Catesby's Hist. Carol., n. p. 6, pi. 5. 

 Mugil albula, Lin., Syst. Nat. (12th edit.), p. 520. 



" " American Mullet, Shaw's Gen. Zoo!., v. p. 137. 



" " New York Mullet, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., i. p. 447. 



Le Muge blanqueue (Mugil albula, Lin.), Cuv. et Val., xi. p. &4. 

 Mugil albula, White Mullet, Dekay's Report, p. 146. 



2. Mugil lineatus, Mitchill. 



Lower jaw equalling or exceeding the upper in length. Ten or twelve dark longitudinal 



stripes. Dorsal outline convex. 



D. 4-8. P. 16. V. 1-5. A. 3 -8. C. 12|. Length, 6 to 8 inches. 



Connecticut, Linsley. New York, Cuv., Dekay. 



Le Muge nji (Mugil lineatus, MiTm), Cuv. et Val., xi. p. OG. 

 Mugil lineatus, Striped Mullet, Dekay's Report, p. 144, pi. 15, fig. 42. 



3. Mugil petrosus, Cuv. 



The second dorsal and anal covered with scales. No spot at the base of the pectorals. 

 The edge of the caudal fin blackish. 

 D. (?). P. (?). V. (?). A. (?). C. (?). Length, 6 to 7 inches. 





