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nearer to the base of the caudal than to the tip of the snout ; spines 
feeble, the 1st. a little the highest, If to l£ in the length of the 
head : soft dorsal originating above the 24th. body-scale, higher 
than the spinous dorsal, the distance between their origins as long 
as the head ; outer border feebly emarginate, the last ray a little 
longer than the penultimate. Anal originating below 21st. body 
scale, and rather higher than the soft dorsal, the space between its 
origin and that of the soft dorsal slightly longer than the head, its 
basal length equal to or rather less than its distance from the 
caudal ; outer border emarginate, the posterior ray produced. 
Caudal emarginate, with 12 branched rays, the "middle pair f of 
the outer and 4£ in the total length: caudal peduncle strong 
and deep, its length 6^, its least depth 7 in the length oi the 
body. Pectoral inserted nearer to the dorsal than to the ventral 
profile, with 17 rays, the 3rd. the longest, extending to the 11th. 
body scale, and 4 to 4| in the length of the body ; space between its 
tip and the origin of the spinous dorsal 3f to 4 in its length : axillary 
scale foliate, not so long as the eye. Ventral inserted nearer to the 
anal than to the tip of the mandible, and below the middle third of 
the pectoral, its length 1^ in the head. Scales of cheeks and lower 
surfaces finely ciliated ; scales in seven series between the eye and 
the angle of the interopercle, two of which are on that bone ; opercular 
scales in three series, much larger than the body scales ; 20 scales in 
front of the spinous dorsal ; 9 scales in an oblique series from the 
origin of the soft dorsal to behind the anal. Grill-rakers 58 on the 
lower branch of the anterior arch, the longest about f of the diameter 
of the eye. Brown above, silvery on the sides and below ; a small 
black axillary spot ; soft dorsal and caudal fins with blackish tips. 
[Named for the Hon. Albert Norton, M.L.C., late Chairman of the 
Board of Trustees of the Queensland Museum]. 
Length of type to tip of middle caudal rays 168 millim. 
Type in the Queensland Museum. 
Eastern Australia. 
The gray mullet, described in 1861 by Dr. Gunther as Mugil 
longimanus, has proved a fruitful source of confusion to all 
subsequent students of the Indian, Malaysian, and Australian 
members of the family. This confusion was partly and primarily 
caused by an inexcusable mistake of Dr. Bleeker, partly through the 
