368  Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
New York, Gulf of Mexico, Cuv. 
Le Muze des Roches, Mugil petrosus, Cuv. et Vat., x1. p. 89, 
Muzgil petrosus, Rock Mullet, Dexay’s Report, p. 147. 
4. Mugil Plumieri, Cuv. 
The edges of the scales golden yellow ; a blackish-blue spot at the base of the pectorals, 
and asmall spot of the same color on every scale. The second dorsal and anal without 
scales. Height of the body to its length as one to four and a half, nearly. Scales small. 
Di@). BiG). Ve) ALG). “C.(@)s Leogth; \(2)- 
New York, Caribbean Sea, Cuy. 
Le Muge de Plumier, Mugil Plumieri, Cuv. et Vat., x1. p. 90. 
Mugil Plumieri, Spotted Mullet, DExay’s Report, p. 147. 
5. Mugil liza, Cuv. 
Of a silvery gray, tinted with golden. Head one fifth its length ; height, at middle, equal 
to one sixth its length. Thirty-five scales upon the side in a longitudinal series. The skin 
around the eye naked for some extent. 
D.4,1-8. P.14. V.1-5. A.3-8. C. 14. Length, 24 feet. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Le Muge liza, Mugil liza, Cuv. et Vat., x1. p. 83. 
6. Mugil curema, Cuy. 
Silvery, slightly gilded. Caudal edged with blackish. Second dorsal and anal covered 
with scales. The angle of the suborbitars truncated and denticulated. 
D.4,1-9. P.(?). V.(?). A.3-9. C. (?). Length, 9 to 10 inches. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Le Muge curema, Mugil curema, Cuv. et Vat., x1. p. 87. 
GENUS II. DAJAUS, Cov. 
The cleft of the mouth longitudinal. Velvety teeth upon the palatines and 
vomer. 
1. Dajaus monticola, Bancrort. 
Greenish gray, slightly gilded and silvery upon the belly, according to M. Ricord- The 
figure inserted in Griffith’s Cuvier, drawn by Dr. Bancroft, is reddish brown upon the back, 
gilded upon the side, white beneath ; opercles and fins yellowish. Length of the head equal 
to the height of the body. About forty scales upon the side in a longitudinal series. 
D.4,1-8. P.14. V.1-5. A.3-9. C.17. Length, 4 to 8 inches. 
