Th MoU Fake. T, 
Isa name given indeterminately to fifh of feveral kinds; 
but the true meaning of the word is the fame with that of 
the Mugil, or Cephalus. The charaéters of the Mugil are 
thefe. The branchiofteze membrane on each fide contains fix 
crooked bones; the upper one being the broadeft, and hid 
under the gills; only five are difcernible; the {cales are large, 
and cover the head and the opercula of the gills, as well as 
the body of the fifh. ‘The head is depreffed in the anterior 
part; the body oblong and comprefled. According to thefe. 
diftinGions, there is only one fpecies of Mugil, namely, 
the Mugil of Ovid and the Ancients. It refembles the Thy- 
mallus in its external figure; its jaws are tender and thin, and 
have no teeth in them; the tail is forked. The Linnean fyi 
tem reckons two {pecies; viz. the Cephalus and Albula. 
Three or four different {pecies of the Mugil have been 
defcribed by Rondeletiis and others ; but their difference 
feems to arife merely fromaage, place, and the like accidents. 
The nofe is fharp, the belly awed; the head plain and 
flatted; the fcales are very large, and cover the body entirely. 
The back is of a dufky blue, or greenifh-brown colour; the 
belly white, and the fides variegated, from the head to the 
Hi . C AY tail, 
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