,l'4O FORSKAL'S MULLET. 



fins a blue spot : the dorsal fin has nine rays, the 

 pectoral sixteen, and the anal ten. Native of the 

 Indian seas : observed by Commerson. 



CHILI MULLET. 



Mugil Chilensis. M. pinna dorsali vnka, cauda simplid. Lin. 



Gmel. Molin. Chil. p. Ip8. 

 Mullet with single dorsal fin,, and simple or even tail. 



LENGTH about twelve inches : general appear- 

 ance extremely similar to that of the Common 

 Mullet, but distinguished by having only one 

 dorsal fin. Native of the American seas, and in 

 much esteem as a food. 



FORSKAL S MULLET. 



Mugil Chanos. M. pinna dorsi unica, caudce utrinque bialata. 



Lin. Gmcl. 

 Mullet with single dorsal fin, and tail furnished with two 



wings or processes on each side. 

 Mugil magnus. Forsk. Arab. p. 74. 



A MUCH larger fish than the common Mullet : 

 colour silvery : scales large, rounded, and finely 

 striated : head slightly flattened : tail widely 

 forked, and . furnished on each side, towards the 

 middle, with two membranaceous wings or pro- 

 cesses. Native of the Red sea: observed by 

 Forskal. 



