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SCAN I )IN AVIAN FISHES. 
Cuv., Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. XI, p. 43, tab. 308; J 
Regne Anim. illustr., Poiss., p. 165, tab. 76, fig. 1; Lowe, 
Fish. Madeira, p. 163, tab. 23; Gthr, Cat. Brit. Mils., j 
Fish., voL III, p. 442; Steind., Stzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, | 
Naturw. Cl., LVII, i (1868), p. 682; Winth. Zool. Dan., 
Fiske, p. 17, tab. Ill, fig. 6; Naturh. Tidskr. Kbhvn, ser. 3, 
vol . XII, p. 25; Lii.lj., Sv., Norg. Fisk., vol. I, p. 413. 
Mugil capito, Hanss., Of vers. Vet. -Akad. Forh. 1880, No. 4, 
p. 21; Coll. (p. p.), Nyt Mag. Naturv. Christ., Bd. 29 
(1884), p. 72. 
The Golden Mullet is evidently an intermediate 
form between the other two species of this genus that 
may be included in the Scandinavian fauna. The upper 
lip is most like that of Mugil capito; but the shape 
of the roof of the palate, as Lilljeborg has pointed 
out, most closely resembles that of Mugil clielo. The 
most distinctive character lies in the great length of 
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the pectoral tins; and it is on this account that Couch" ! 
has conferred upon it the name of Longfinned Grey 
Mullet. The name of Golden Mullet is derived from the j 
fact that in this species, it is stated, the golden-yellow | 
colour of the head, especially of a distinctly marked 
spot on the gill-cover, in the living fish, is deeper than 
in the other European species. In other respects, both : 
in colour, general appearance and size, it is essentially J 
like the other two Scandinavian species, though the 
largest example of this species of which we have in- 
formation, is somewhat under 52 cm. long. 
The geographical extension of the Golden Mullet 
coincides with that of the preceding species, though it 
seems to be rarer north of the English Channel. Day 
does not even include it among the fishes of Great 
Britain and Ireland. Only three Scandinavian speci- 
mens are known. The first, “a small Gray Mullet taken 
on the 8th of November, 1852, in the Cattegat,” is 
mentioned by Winthek (1. c.); the second, which is 
295 mm. in length, measured to the end of the middle 
caudal rays, was taken by Mr. C. A. Hansson in a, 
Salmon-trap, off Stromstad, on the 12th of August, 
1877; and the third, which measures 455 mm. to the 
end of the middle caudal rays and 515 mm. to the 
end of the upper lobe of the caudal fin, was caught, 
according to Collett, off Holmestrand in Christiania 
Fjord, on the 15th of June, 1880. So great, however, 
is the likeness that prevails among the Scandinavian 
Gray Mullets, that it is quite possible that other in- 
stances of the capture of this species may have failed 
to attract attention. 
a Fish. Brit. Isl., vol. Ill, p. 19. 
