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remain. Other examples of equal length have the first simple 

 anal ray scarcely developed into a spine, and in still others this 

 ray does not take on the character of a spine at all. Q u e r i - 

 ni a n a h a r e n g u s, the type of the genus, is the young of 

 :M 11 g i 1 c u r e m a, and Q. g y r a n s is the immature M u g i i 

 trie h o d o n. A/ reexamination of the types of Q u e r i m ana 

 g y runs shows the presence of 33 rows of scales in some ex- 

 amples instead of 29, as originally recorded. 



184 Mugil curema Cuv. & Val. 

 White Mullet 



Muyil curema Guvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. XI. 87. 1836, 

 Brazil; INIartinique; Cuba; Bean, Bull. U. S. F. C. YII, 14v5, 1888; 19th 

 Eept. Comm. Fish. N. Y. 272, pi. XXI, fig. 26, 1890; Jordan & Ever- 

 mJvnn, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus. 813, 1896, pi. CXXYI, fig. 344, 1900; 

 Bean, 52d Ann. Kept. N. Y. State Mus. 103, 1900. 



Mufjil pctrosus Cuvier & Yalenciennes, op. cit. 88, 1836, Brazil to New 

 York; De Kay, N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, 147, 1842. 



Mugil brasiliensis Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. Ill, 431, 1861; Jordan & 

 Gilbert, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus. 403, 1883. 



Body shaped like that of the striped mullet, its width equaling 

 two thirds of length of head, its greatest depth contained three 

 and one half to three and five sixths times in total length with- 

 out caudal ; least depth of caudal peduncle equal to one half the 

 I'ligtli of head; snout nearly as in M. c e p h a 1 u s, sometimes 

 with its outline more declivous, its length one fifth of length of 

 li';itl; iuterorbital space slightly convex, its width nearh' one 

 h;ill I lie length of head; thickness of upper lip scarcely one third 

 of length of ui)i)er jaw, space between the mandibles nearly 

 hiiiccolatc, its Avidtli one sixth of its length; eyes covered with 

 ;in ;idiios(' membrane leaving only a space about as wide as the 

 pupil f-xposed, eye about two sevenths as long as the head; 

 li'ii'l <ii(' fourth, or nearly one fourth, of total length without 

 caudal; Icotii in outer row on jiremaxilla somewhat enlarged, 

 distant; s(al(s lallicr large, about 22 rows between tip of snout 

 and ori-iiii of tirst dorsal; soft dorsal and anal densely scaled, 

 oiigiii ol s|iiiiniis (loisal midway between tip of snout and base 

 of cxlrnia! (andal lays, directly over the 10th row of scales, 

 omiiinji I'loiii iJH- axil of the pectoral, the first spine nearly 

 iwu ihirds as long as tlic head, the last spine less than one half 



