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AMERICAN MULLET. 



Miigil Albula. M. albido-argenteus, pinna dorsali anteriore 

 radiis quatuor. 



Silvery-white Mullet, with four rays in the first dorsal fin. 

 .Albula Bahamensis. Catcsb. 2. t. 6. 

 Mugil argenteus minor^, &c. Brown. Jam. p. 450. 



Greatly allied to the common Mullet, but of a 

 more slender form : mouth small and toothless : 

 tail large and forked : inhabits the American seas, 

 and is very frequent about the Bahama islands. 

 It is considered as an excellent fish for the table. 



INDL4N mullet. 



Mullus Malabaricus. M. grisev.s, squamis magnis ciliatis, pinna 



dorsali secunda analique falcatis. 

 Grey Mullet, with large ciliated scales, and the first dorsal and 



anal fin falcated. 

 Peddaraki Sovero. Jxuss. pise. ind. t. 182. 



Length about two feet : head small ; nape sink- 

 ing in a little before the rise of the back : scales 

 large and ciliated, both on the body and gill-covers: 

 those on the head somewhat smaller : colour similar 

 to that of the common Mullet, but with less con- 

 spicuous longitudinal streaks : frrst dorsal fm four- 

 rayed : second dorsal fm falcated at the back-part : 

 anal fin of nearly similar shape : tail large, and 

 widely lunated. Native of the Indian seas. 



