fishes, abdominal. 5t; Mugii. 86j 
"Mica. Dorfal fin Angle, c-rayed. iva-i 
Inhabits 7a/>a7t; 3— 4 inches long; fmooth, re<idi{h-bro^. 
HcadnzkJ-, teeth ih the jawso; lateral veiv broad, 
reaching from the head to the tiil. 
Dorf. 5, peB. 14, vent. 8, ah. — , caud vays. 
Body fubpellucid ; lateral ftripe broad. 
Inhabits yimerican and leas. 
This is a very vague and indiftinft fpecies.’ 
fcz. MUGIL. tips membranaceous, the 
lower one carinate inwards; teeth 6 z 
above the angle of the mouth a hard 
callus; gill-memhrane with 7 curved 
rays ; the covers fmooth, rounded ; 
body whitilh. Mullets 
■ »d rfv*-, b..t 
with blue and green ; fides lilvery with broad dulky P^ral el 
lines, reaching from the head to the tail ; belly iilvery , fcale* 
arranged in parallel roves. The Botarg^ of the Italians is 
made of the milts and roes of this fiih 
Head almoft Iquarc, flat on the top ; nofe blunt ■, lips thick ; 
in the upper jaw a Imall rougrmefs; -pnfil black, encircled 
whh a fedl fllvcry line, ins above inzcl, below lilvery; 
firll dorfal fin near the middle of the back ; tail deeply 
forked. _ , . 
Dorf. 5, j, p^tt, 16, tent. I, an caud. i_ rays. 
Firft dorfal fin 4-rayed. 
Inhabits America j very much relembles the lalt. 
Dorf. 4, 9, pcct. 17, vent. ah. , caud. 20 rays. 
^^’'‘nilaHs. Firft dorfal fin with 4 flexible rays ; rays of the fecond un^ 
armed ; lips crenate,- the lower bicarmate. 
2. Lefs ; lips riot crenate,. 
2. Both lips ciliate, the lower fingly carinate. 
4. Upper lip very finely ciliate, the lower fingly carinate. 
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