374 PISCES (OSSEI) ACANTHOPT. [CBPOLA. 



GEN. 24. CEPOLA, Linn. 

 48. C. rubescens. Linn. {Red Band-Fish.) 



C. rubescens, Mont, in Linn. Trans, vol. vn. p. 291. pi. 17. Don. 

 Brit. Pish. vol. v. pi. 105. Flem. Brit. An. p. 204. Cuv. Reg. 

 An. torn. n. p. 221. C. Tsenia, Block, Ichth. pi. 170.? Serpens 

 rubescens, Will. Hist. Pise. p. 118. c. 13. Red Band-Fish, 

 Penn. Brit. Zool. (Edit. 1812.) vol. in. p. 285. Yarr. Brit. Fish. 

 vol. i. p. 195. Red Snake-Fish, Couch in Linn. Trans, vol. xiv. 

 p. 76. 



LENGTH. From ten to fifteen inches. 



DESCRIPT. (Form.) Long, slender, smooth, sub-pellucid, somewhat 

 compressed, tapering gradually from the head to the tail: depth be- 

 hind the head (in a specimen ten inches long) rather more than three- 

 quarters of an inch ; breadth half an inch : head not larger than the 

 body, sloping from the eye to the end of the upper jaw: under jaw 

 longest, sloping upwards: mouth large: both jaws with one row of 

 distant, subulate, curved teeth at their very edge, the front ones pro- 

 jecting forwards: eyes large, placed high on the cheeks: pectorals small, 

 rounded : ventrals small, oval ; the first ray short and spinous, with a fila- 

 ment adjoining longer than the other rays, and detached from them; 

 close together, and rather before than immediately under the pectorals : 

 dorsal commencing just behind the head, immediately above the gill- 

 opening, and continuing uninterruptedly to unite with the caudal : anal 

 commencing just behind the vent, which is scarcely an inch from the 

 ventral fins, and like the dorsal, continuing the whole length to unite 

 with the caudal: this last lanceolate, the middle ray being much the 

 longest, and gradually shortening on each side, till the distinction is 

 lost in the dorsal and anal fins: 



B. 4; D. 70; A. 61; C. 12; P. 16; V. 1/5: 



lateral line a little curved near the head, but afterwards running quite 

 straight to the tail : skin smooth, but when examined by a lens appearing 

 finely punctured. (Colours.) Pale carmine, darkest above and towards 

 the tail ; gill-covers, and undulated transverse lines along the sides, sil- 

 very : fins of the same colour as the body, except the ventrals, which are 

 nearly white. MONT. 



First noticed as a British species by Montagu, who obtained two spe- 

 cimens from Salcomb Bay, on the south coast of Devonshire. Several 

 others have since occurred off Cornwall, where it is represented by 

 Mr. Couch as being not very uncommon. In the Mediterranean it is 

 well known. 



GEN. 25. MUGIL, Linn. 



49. M. Capita, Cuv. (Gray Mullet.) Maxillary 

 visible when the mouth is closed : orifices of the nostril 

 near together : the skin at the margin of the orbit not 

 advancing upon the eye : scale above the pectoral short 

 and obtuse. 



