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bream. 



refers to the same distinctive mark. The ancient Greeks called 

 it " Chrysophrys," signifying " Golden-Eyebrow," a word which 

 at the present day is employed to designate a genus of the 

 Sparidse to which at one time the Gilt-head was referred. 



The Sea-bream, Pagellus centrodontus, 602, is not in any way 

 related to the Bream (349, Wall-case 8), which is a fish allied to 



Bed 

 Mullet. 



Fig. 69. — Gilt-head or Dorade, Pagrus auratvs. 

 A, view of the widely open mouth showing the form of the teeth. 

 (From Boulenger, Camb. Nat. Hist., vii, 1904, after Cuv. et Val.). 



the Carps. The fish that the fishermen of Cornwall and Devon 

 call the " Chad" is a young Sea-bream, without the black spot 

 at the front of the lateral line that distinguishes the adult. The 

 Cape Sea-bream, Pagellus lithognathus , 601, is larger than the 

 British and Mediterranean species. 



The Red Mullets (family Mullidse) have affinities with the last 

 family, the Sparidse, but can readily be distinguished by the pair 

 of erectile barbels which project downward and forward when the 

 fish is feeding on the sea bottom, but lie back in grooves when the 

 fish swims about. The two dorsal fins are separated and short- 

 based, and the spines supporting the anterior one are feeble. 

 Most of the Mullidse are tropical fishes, but the common Red 

 Mullet, Mullus barbatus, 609, occurs in Europe. The Red Mullet 

 has long been famed for the delicate flavour of its flesh. It was 



