22 ACANTHOPTEEYGII. 



Juvenal remarks, the fisherman could have been purc'hased for less than his fish. 

 But as time went on the abnormal value of the mullet declined, until in the fourth 

 century, Macrobius assures us that it was not excessive. 



1. MuUus barbatus, Plate VIII, fig. 1. 



TplyKri Arist. ii, c. V? , iv, c. 11, v, c. 9, vi, c. 17, viii, c. 2 and 13, is, c. 2 

 and 37 ; ^ban, ii, c. 41 ; Athen. vii, pp. 324, 325. 



Mulkis, Ovid, V. 123; Pliny, ix, c. 17, 18, 61; Martial, x, ep. 30, 31, xi, ep. 

 60 ; Oolum. viii, c. 17 ; Belon. 170. Triglia, Salv. fol. 235. Mullus minor, 

 Jonston, lib. i, t. iii, c. 1, art. 1, p. 61, t. xvii, f. 6. Mullus Belonii, Willughby, 

 p. 286, t. S. 7, f. 2 ; Ray, p. 90. Mullus harbatus, Eondel. ix, o. 4, p. 290, c. fig. ; 

 Gesner, Aquat. p. 565. Mullus, Gronov. Zooph. p. 85, No. 286. Trigla, No. 1, 

 Artedi, Genera, p. 43, Synon. 71. 



Surmullet, Pennant, Brit. Zool. (Ed. 1) iii, p. 271 (Ed. 2) iii, p. 265. 



MuUus barbafus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 495 ; Bonnaterre, Ich. p. 143, pi. lix, 

 f. 232 ; Bloch, t. 348, f . 2 ; Gmel. Linn. p. 1338 ; Bl. Schn. p. 79 ; Shaw, Zool. 

 iv, p. 611 ; Mart. Reise nach Venedig. ii, p. 426 ; Turton, p. 101 ; Guv. and 

 Val. iii, p. 442, pi. Ixx ; Tarrell, Brit. Fish. (Ed. 1) i, p. 32, c. fig. (Ed. 2) i, 

 p. 36 (Ed. 3) ii, p. 102 ; Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 338 ; Swainson, Fishes ii, p. 234 ; 

 Johnston, Berwick. Nat. Club, 1838, i, p. 170 ; Nord. in Demid. Voy. Poiss. 

 p. 373 ; White, Catal. Brit. Fish, p. 14 ; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 401 ; Steindach. 

 Sitz. Ak. Wiss. Wien. 1867, Ivi, p. 635 or Ich. Spanien u. Port. 1867, p. 33. 



Sed Mullet, Couch, Fishes Brit. Isles, i, p. 217, pi. xlvii. 



Variety Mullus sunnuletus, Plate VIII, fig. 2. 



Mullus. Pliny, Hist. Mund. ix, c. 17 ; Belon. Aq. p. 176. Mullus major, Salv. 

 fol. 236 ; Aldrov. Pise. p. 123 ; Jonston, De Pise. lib. i, t. iii, c. 1, art. 1, p. 61, 

 t. xvii, f. 6 ; WUlugh. p. 285, t. S. 7, f . 1 ; Bay, p. 91. Trigla, No. 2, Artedi 

 Genera 43, Syn. 72. Mullus barbatus, Klein, Mss. 5, p. 22. Striped swmullet. 

 Pennant, Brit. Zool. (Ed. 1) iii, p. 274, pi. liii (Ed. 2) iii, p. 368, pi. Ixiv. 



Mullus surmuletus, Linn. Syst. i, p. 496 ; Bonnaterre, Ich. p. 144, pi. lix, f. 233 ; 

 Bloch, t. Ivii ; Shaw, Brit. Zool. iv, p. 613, pi. Ixxxviii ; Briinn. Pise. Mass. p. 71 ; 

 Gmel. Linn. p. 1339 ; Lacep. iii, p. 394 ; Bl. Schn. p. 77 ; Donovan, Brit. Fish, i, 

 pi. xii ; Martens, Beise nach Venedig. ii, p. 427 ; Turton, p. 102 ; Cuv. and Val. 

 iii, p. 433 ; Cuv. Regno Anim. 111. Poissons, pi. xix, f. 2 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fishes 

 (Ed. 1) i, p. 27, c. fig. (Ed. 2) i, p. 31 (Ed. 3) ii, p. 97 ; Flem. Brit. An. p. 216 ; 

 Jenyns, Manual Brit. Vert. p. 337 ; Guichen. Explor. Sc. Alger. Poiss. p. 38 ; 

 White, Catal. Brit. Fish. p. 14 ; Thompson, Nat. Hist. Ireland, iv, p. 70 ; Giinther, 

 Catal. i, p. 401 ; Collett, Norges Fiske, p. 17. 



Mullus barbatus, De la Roche, An. Mus. xiii, p. 316 ; Gronov. ed. Gray, p. 108. 



Surmullet, Couch, Pish. Brit. Isles, i, p. 208, pi. xlvii. 



B. iv, D. 7-8 I I, P. 16-18, V. 1/5, A. f, C. 15, L. 1. 38-40, L. tr. ^' Ccec. 



pyl. 18-22, Vert. 10/14. 



Length of head 4 to 4|, height of body 3| to 4^, length of caudal fin 4^ to 6 

 in the total length. Hye — high up, 1^ to 2 diameters from the end of the 

 snout, IJ diameters in the postorbital portion of the head, and 1 to IJ diameters 

 apart. Profile of forehead more or less steep, in some examples descending 

 almost vertically. Preorbital much higher than broad — sometimes nearly twice as 

 much. The posterior extremity of the maxilla reaches to beneath the anterior 

 edge of the orbit : snout, preorbital and cheeks covered with open pores. 

 Barbels — well developed, and reaching to beneath the hind edge of the preopercle. 

 Teeth — in about 2 rather obtuse rows in the lower jaw, none in the upper. Rounded 

 teeth on vomer and palatine bones. Tongue toothless. Fins — spines of first 

 dorsal flattened and weak at their extremities, the first spine very short (apt to be 

 overlooked), the second, third and fourth of about the same length and equalling 

 2/3 the length of the head : subsequently the spines decrease in length. An 

 interspace of about four scales between the two dorsal fins. Second anal spine 

 much the longer. Intestines — the length of the intestinal tract from the pylorus 



