. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Fishes. 1. MUGIL. 439 31, Wjigjl curtus. Yarr. Brit. Fishes, i. p. 210, 2nd edit. i. p. 245, 3rd edit. ii. p. 186; Cuv. (^ Vol. xi. p. 70. pi. 311. We have not been able to find the typical specimen in the collec- tion left by Yarrell; it is said to have been two inches long, and to have been caught in Poole Harbour with the young of the common Grey Mullet. The depth of its body was equal to the length of the head and one-fourth of the total, and the soft anal rays were eight in number. Valenciennes beUeved that
. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Fishes. 1. MUGIL. 439 31, Wjigjl curtus. Yarr. Brit. Fishes, i. p. 210, 2nd edit. i. p. 245, 3rd edit. ii. p. 186; Cuv. (^ Vol. xi. p. 70. pi. 311. We have not been able to find the typical specimen in the collec- tion left by Yarrell; it is said to have been two inches long, and to have been caught in Poole Harbour with the young of the common Grey Mullet. The depth of its body was equal to the length of the head and one-fourth of the total, and the soft anal rays were eight in number. Valenciennes beUeved that he recognized a species thus charac- terized in another single specimen eight inches in length caught in the Baie de la Somme. But it is very suspicious that he does not give a full description of it, as he has of the other European species. He merely confii-ms YaiTeU's statement of the proportions of the body; and although he gives also the same niunber of anal rays in the formula of the fins, the figure shows nine. It is, therefore, im- possible to form a correct idea as to the validity of the characters/of this species. 32. Mngil capito. The Grey Mullet. Cefalo calamita (Rome); Caustello (Venice); Boiui (Egv-pt). Mugil, Artedi, Genera, p. 32, Species, p. 71; Gronoi\ Zoophyl. no. 397. Meuille blanc, Duhatn. Peches, ii. sect. G. p. 147. pi. 11. fig. 3. Mugil capito, Cuv. R^gne Atmn.; Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesc.; Cuv. 8f Val. xi. p. 36. pi. 308; Jen. Vert. An. p. 374; Parn. Wern. Mem. vii. p. 225. t. 28, cop. from Cuv. ^ Val, and Fishes Frith of Fmth, p. 65, cop. from Jenyns; Yarr. Brit. Fishes, i. p. 200, 2nd edit. i. p. 234, 3rd edit. ii. p. 175 ; Nilss. Skand. Faun. iv. p. 176 j Guichen. Explor. Alger. Poiss. p. 67. cephalus, var. A, Itisso, Ichth. Nice, p. 344. ramada, liisso, Fur. Merid. iii. p. 390. cephakis, Donov. Brit. Fishes, i. pi. 15; NeiU, Wern. Mem. i. p. 544; Turton, Brit. Faun. p. 106; Flem. Brit. An. p. 217; Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 162. britamiicus, Hancock, L
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