146 , ii T H E R I N E, M U L L E r. 



Plack. They are very numerous in the fhallows, near the low parts of the- 



Bahama ifles, through which they are carried by the tide a little way 

 within land. Vaft quantities are taken by the natives at the ebb, by 

 flopping up the little channels they come through. 



XL. ATHERINE.. 5r. Z(?.p/. iii. p. 328.. Genus XXX VI.. 



884. SiLviRy, Atherinamenidia, Zw. 519, 



A TH. With a fmallfmooth head : dorfal fin fmall, and placed far; 

 behind : tail forked : body covered with fmall fcales : fide line 

 ftrait, broad, and of a fplendid filvery appearance : body pale yellow. , 

 Length four inches and a half :, of a flender. elegant form : the belly a , 

 little prominent. 

 Place.. This fifli inhabits the frefh waters. of New Terk and Carolina,, where,* 



it is called the Silver Fijh», 



XLI. MULLET.. Br, Zool.m. p. 2'^9' Genus XXXVIl, . 



1.85. Common. 5r. ZW. iii. N» 158. 



Place.. pR E QJJ E NT ofF the American coafts, 



886. White. Mugil albula, Lin, 520.— Mullet, Catejby, ii. 6. fig. 2*:. 



TV/T Of a more flender form than the Englijh : mouth fmall. andv 

 • toothlefs : tail large and much forked. Length 

 Place. Caught in great numbers in the Bahama feas, at, the time they go in 



Iboah to fpawn. Are reckoned an excellent filh, 



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