XTlass IV. MULLET. 329 



Body and covers of the gills clothed with large J^^^^j^ 



fcales. 

 Six incurvated branchioftegous rays. 

 Teeth on the tongue and in the palate only. 



Ke(pa>.og, KeT§sug,' JnJI. Hifi, Ceplialus. Roiidel 260. Gefner 158. Mul- 



an, lib. V. c. II, &c. PVC' 549- LET. 



,^_ Mullet, ml. Icth. 274. Raii 



KzTfcug. Oppia-n Haheut. III. ^^^ ^,- ^ g^^ 



98. Athenaus lib. VII. 306. Mugil. Arted. fynon. 52. 



Mugil Onjid Halieut. 37. Pit- Mugil cephalus. M. pinna 



mi lib. IX. c. 8. 17. dorfali anteriore quinque 



Cephalo. Sahian, 75. radiate. Lin. fyfi. 520. 



Le Mulet. Belo?ij 205. Gro?w~j. Zooph. No. 397. 



'T~^HE mullet is juftly ranked by Ariftotle 

 -*" among the Tijcts Lit tor ales ^ or thofe that 

 prefer the fhores to the full fea : they are found 

 in great plenty on feveral of the fandy coafts of 

 our ifland, and haunt in particular thofe fmall bays 

 that have influxes of f'cfh water. They come in 

 great (hoals, and keep rooting like hogs ih the 

 fand or mud, leaving their traces in form of large 

 round holes. They are very cunning, and when 

 furrounded vv/ith a net, the whole fhoal frequently 

 efcapes by leaping over it, for when one takes the 

 lead, the others are fure to follow: this circum- 

 ilance is taken notice of by Oppian\ whether the 

 latter part of his obfervation is true, is what we 

 ^.re uncertain. 



