Gi.t 



STRIPED SURMUM.KT. 



Mullus Surmuletus. M . rubcr, Una* utrhif/ue dunlm* \ , I 

 longitudinalibusjl.(fois, 



Red Surmullet, marked on each side with two or three longi- 

 tudinal yellow streaks. 



Mullus Surmuletus. Lin. Gmel. 



Striped Surmullet. Pcnn. Brit. Zool. 



OF similar size and general appearance with t he- 

 preceding, but marked on each side by two, and 

 sometimes three longitudinal yellow stripes. Nat ive 

 of the Mediterranean, but found occasionally in 

 the Atlantic and other seas : in equal esteem as a 

 food with the former, of which it has even been 

 considered by some authors as a variety. 



ORIFLAMME SURMULLET. 



Mullus Auriflamma. M. fusco-Jlavesccns, rift a utrirnjur 



tudinah fiih'a. 

 Yellowish-brown Surmullet, with a longitudinal fulvous band 



on each side the body. 

 Mullus auriflamma. Forsk. Arab. 



LENGTH about eight or ten inches : colour <J1<1( <i 

 brown, paler beneath, with a longitudinal stripe 

 on each side the body of an oriflamme or fulvous 

 colour, situated above the lateral line, and accom- 

 panied by a dusky spot near the base of the rail, 

 which, together with the dorsal fin, is yellow : the 

 other fins, with the beards or cirri beneath the 

 under jaw, are whitish. Native of the Arabian 



