. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. 346 Dr. A. Giinther on the British Specie& of Mugil capita. tainly has adopted Artedi as his guide. But Artedi has given us admirable description of M. capito. This paper is devoted only to the British species of the genus, all of which are comprised under the common name of Grey Mullets. 1. Mugil capito, Cuv. (The Short-finned Grey Mullet.) Nine soft rays in the anal fin; no adipose eyelid; upper lip membranaceous, thin. The depth of the body is one-fifth, or rath
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. 346 Dr. A. Giinther on the British Specie& of Mugil capita. tainly has adopted Artedi as his guide. But Artedi has given us admirable description of M. capito. This paper is devoted only to the British species of the genus, all of which are comprised under the common name of Grey Mullets. 1. Mugil capito, Cuv. (The Short-finned Grey Mullet.) Nine soft rays in the anal fin; no adipose eyelid; upper lip membranaceous, thin. The depth of the body is one-fifth, or rather less than one- fifth, of the total length. A distinct por- tion of the maxillary bone is visible be- hind the angle of the mouth. There is a rather broad, elongate cuneiform space at the chin, which is not covered by the mandibularies and the interopercles. The pectoral fin extends only to the eighth or ninth of that series of scales which commences from the shoulder (lateral line), whilst the origin of the spinous dorsal is vertically above the twelfth or thirteenth. A short pointed scale in the axil of the pectoral. Root of the pectoral with a black spot superiorly*. Cuvier was the first who stated that a species of Mugil occur- ring on the English coast, and probably the same which had been described by Willughby and figured by Pennant, is iden- tical with that Mediterranean fish for which he had chosen the name of Mugil capito. One year later (1830) the species was examined by Hancock t, who, not being aware of the name given by Cuvier, calls it M. britannicus; he describes the lips as thin, mentions a callus at the corner of the mouth, and nine anal rays, so that we can scarcely doubt that specimens of the true M. capito served for his description. The species has been fully established for the British fauna by Couch and Yarrell, whilst Parnell was obliged to borrow his description from Jenyns, as the species appears to be scarce on the Scotch coasts. 2. Mugil auratus,
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