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BANDED SURMULLET. 



Mullus Vittatus. M. albns, fasciis utrinque duabus longitudi* 



n alibus fastis, tribusflavis. 

 White Surmullet, marked on each side by two longitudinal 



brown and three yellow bands. 



THE two brown bands in this species are above 

 the lateral line, and the three yellow ones below 

 it : of these the first or uppermost is of a deep, and 

 the two lower ones of a pale yellow : fin* whitish ; 

 the dorsal and caudal streaked obliquely with black 

 lines : native of the Arabian seas : observed by 

 Forskal. 



TRIFASCIATED SURMULLET. 



Mullus Trifasciatus. M. albidvs, fasciis utrinque tribus trans* 



versisfwcis. 

 Whitish Mullet, with three transverse brown bands on each 



side. 

 Mullus trifasciatus. Cepede. 



HABIT similar to the rest of the genus : beards 

 very long. Native of the Indian seas : observed 

 by Commerson. 



