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STRIPED SURMULLET. Class IV. 



other distinctions, such as the first dorsal fin 

 having nine rays, and the color of that fin, the 

 tail, and the pectoral fins, being of a very pale 

 purple. 



On these authorities we form different 

 species of these fishes, having only examined 

 what Salvianus and Mr. Bay call the Mullus 

 major, which we describe under the title of 



2. Striped. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



Mullus major. Salvian. 236. 

 Mullus major noster et Salvi- 



ani. 95. Cornubiensibus. 

 A Surmullet. Wil. Ichth. 285. 



Raii syn. pise. Ql. 

 Trigla capite glabro, lineis u- 



trinque quatuor luteis, lon- 



gitudinalibui, parallelis. Ar- 



ted. synon. 72. 

 Mullus cirris geminis lineis 



luteis longitudinalibus. Lin. 



syst. 496. Gm. Lin. 133g. 

 Le Surmulet. DuhamelTr. des 



Pesches. iii. 148. sect. 6. 



tab. 3. Jig. 1. 

 Le Surmulet. Block ichth. ii. 



103. tab. 57. 

 Le Mulle surmulet. De la Ce- 



pede Hist, des Poissons. iii. 



394. 



_LmS species was communicated to us by 

 Mr. Pitjield of Exeter: its weight was two 

 pounds and an half; its length was fourteen 

 inches ; the thickest circumference eleven. It 

 appears on the coast of Devonshire in May, and 

 retires about November. 



The head is steep ; the nose blunt ; the body 

 thick ; the mouth small ; the lower jaw fur- 

 nished with very small teeth ; in the roof of the 

 mouth is a rough hard space ; at the entrance 



