434 MUGILTD.iE. 



Mugil capito is known from all the coasts of the Mediterranean and of the Atlantic 

 from Scandinavia to the Congo. It readily enters fresh waters, and is said to extend 

 up the Nile as far as the First Cataract. I have examined the following Egyptian 

 specimens : — 



1 Mediterranean Coast of Egypt. — Hiippell, 1833. 



54 Lake Menzaleh.— Loat, 12-21.5.06. 



103 Ghet-el-Nassara, L. Menzaleh.— Loat, 29.4-19.5.99. 



3 Bahr-el-Tawilah, in freshwater canal running into west side of L. Menzaleh. — Loat, 26.6.99. 



1 Near Gemil, L. Menzaleh.—Loat, 30.6.99. 



5 Nile near Samammd.— Loat, 13-22.7.99. 



8 Nile at Cairo.— Petherick, 1861. 



1 Nile at Cairo. — Petherick, 1861. (Type of M. petJierici.) 



16 Lake Temsah, Isthmus of Suez. — Sir R. Owen, 1871. 



Giinther's Mugil petherici, the type specimen of which is figured on Plate LXXXI. 

 tig. 1, is founded on an individual variation in the number (10) of anal soft rays, 

 just as one of the specimens from Bahr-el-Tawilah is remarkable for having one 

 anal ray less than the usual number. In every other respect M. petherici agrees with 

 M. capito. 



The Tobar (j*)o), Dr. J. C. Mitchell says, " ranks next in importance to the Bouri 

 and is smaller than it. Small specimens are called Okkar. The reproductive organs 

 were rather immature in July, and it is said that they leave the lake [Menzaleh] in 

 huge shoals about the end of November. They move about in more or less extensive 

 shoals, either alone or accompanied by the Garan, or in fact with any other fish of 

 similar size. They frequent shallower water than does the Bouri, and they are often 

 found quite near the shore. They are most plentiful in the market during the summer 

 months. The flesh is coarser than that of the preceding species, and it is rarely 

 exposed for sale in towns in the fresh condition." 



This Grey Mullet, according to Mr. Loat, " is abundant in Lakes Manzaleh and 

 Borollos, less numerous in Lake Edkou, and more abundant in Lake Mareotis than 

 the Bouri. I have taken it at San, a village on a freshwater canal that runs into the 

 S.W. corner of Lake Menzaleh, some distance from the lake itself. In June the fry 

 come into the lakes from the sea." 



