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STRIPED SURMULLET. 



Mullus Surmuletus. M. ruber, lineis utrinque duabus tel tribu,s 

 longitudinoUbus Jtavis. 



Red Surmullet, marked on each side with two or three longi- 

 tudinal yellow streaks. 



Mullus Surmuletus. Lin. Gmel. 



Striped Surmullet. Penn. Brit. ZooL 



Of similar size and general appearance with the 

 preceding, but marked on each side by two, and 

 sometimes three longitudinal yellow stripes. Native 

 of the Mediterranean, but found occasionally in 

 the Atlantic and other seas : in equal esteem as a 

 food with the former, of which it has even been 

 considered by some authors as a variety. 



ORIFLAMME SURMULLET. 



Mullus Auriflamma. M. fusco-jlavescens, lift a utrinque longi- 

 tudinaU fulva. 



Yellowish-brown Surmullet, with a longitudinal fulvous band 



on each side the body. 

 Mullus auriflamma. Forsk. Arab, 



Length about eight or ten inches : colour gilded 

 brown, paler beneath, with a longitudinal stripe 

 on each side the body of an oriflamme or fulvous 

 colour, situated above the lateral line, and accom- 

 panied by a dusky spot near the base of the tail, 

 which, together with the dorsal fin, is yellow : the 

 other fins, with the beards or cirri beneath the 

 under jaw, are whitish. Native of the Arabian seas. 



