MUGIL. MULLET. 



Generic Character. 



Labia membranacea : infe- 

 rius introrsum carinatum. 

 Denies nulli : Valhis in- 

 flexus supra sinus oris. 



Membr : branch: radiis 



septem curvis. 

 Corpus carnosum : squamae 



magiiae : pinnae dorsales 



duse. 



Lips membranaceous ; the 

 inferior carinated within : 

 Teeth none : at the cor- 

 ners of the mouth an in- 

 flected Callus. 



Gill-membrane with six 

 curved rays. 



Bodi/ fleshy : scales large : 

 dorsal fins two. 



COMMON MULLET. 



Mugii Cephalus. M. gmeo-argenteus, dorso suhfnsco, striis 



lateralibus longHudinalibus subnigris. 

 Silvery-grey Mullet, with dusky back^ and sides striped with 



longitudhial blackish lines. 

 Mugil Cephalus. M, pinna dorsali anteriore quinqueradiata* 



Lin, Si/st, Nat, p. 520. 

 Mugil. Plin, lib. g. c. i5. 17. 

 Mugil & Mugilis. Salv. 75. Gesn. Aldr. SfC. 

 Mugil Cephalus. Will, ichth. p. 274, 

 Mugil corpore nigro lineato. Block, t, 3Q4. 

 Mullet, Penn. Brit. ZooL 



This fish, the MugH and Mugilis of the ancient 

 Romans, is a very common inhabitant of the Medi- 



