MUGIL. MULLET. 



Generic Character. 



Labia membranacea : infe- 

 rius introrsum carinatum. 

 Denies nulli : Callus in- 

 flexus supra sinus oris. 



Membr : branch : radiis 



septem cur vis. 

 Corpus carnosum : squam<c 



magnae : pinnae dor sales 



duse. 



Lips membranaceous ; the 

 inferior carinated within : 

 Teeth none : at the cor- 

 ners of the mouth an in- 

 flected Callus. 



Gill-membrane with six 

 curved rays. 



Body flesh}' : scales large : 

 dorsal Jins two. 



COMMON MULLET. 



Mugil Cephalus. M. griseo-argenteus, dorso subfmco, striis 



lateralibus longitudinalibus subnigris. 

 Silvery-grey Mullet, with dusky back, and sides striped with 



longitudinal blackish lines. 

 Mugil Cephalus. M. pinna dorsali anterior e qumqueradiata. 



Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 520. 

 Mugil. Plin. lib. 9. c. 15. If. 

 Mugil & Mugilis. Salv. 75. Gesn. Aldr. $c. 

 Mugil Cephalus. Will, ichth. p. 274. 

 Mugil corpore nigro lineato. Block, t. 3Q4. 

 Mullet. Perm. Brit. Zool. 



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A HIS fish, the Mugil and Mugilis of the ancient 

 Romans, is a very common inhabitant of the Medi- 



