ClasIV. STRIPED SURMULLET. 229 
We have heard of this fpecies being taken on the 
coaft of Scotland, but had no opportunity of exa- 
mining it; and whether it is found in the weft of 
England with the other fpecies, or variety, we are. 
not at this time informed. Salvianus makes it a 
diftinét fpecies, and fays, that it is of a purple co- 
lor, ftriped with golden lines, and that it did not 
commonly exceed a palm in length: no wonder 
then that fuch a prodigy as one of fix pounds fhould 
fo captivate the fancy of the Roman epicure. 
Mr. Ray eftablifhes fome other diftinétions, fuch 
as the firft dorfal fin having nine rays, and the color 
of that fin, the tail, and the pectoral fins, being of 
a very pale purple. 
On thefe authorities we form different fpecies of 
thefe fifh, having only examined what Salvianus and 
Mr. Ray call the Mullus major, which we defcribe 
under the title of 
MW. the STRIPED SURMULE.ET. 
Mullus major. Salvian. 236. utrinque quatuor luteis, lon- 
Maullus major nofter et Salvi- gitudinalibus, parallelis. 4r- 
ani. 95. Cornubienfibus. . ted. fynon. 72. 
A Surmullet. Wil. Icth. 285. Mullus cirris geminis lineis lu- 
Raii yn. pife. gt. teis longitudinalibus, Lin. 
Trigla capite glabro, lineis Aj. 496. he 
FIIS fpecies was communicated to us by Mr, 
Pitfield of Exeter : its weight was two pounds 
and an half; its length was fourteen inches; the 
thickeft circumference eleven. It appears on the 
coalt, 
