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Definition of Mugil cephalus
1. Noun. Most important commercial mullet in eastern United States.
Generic synonyms: Gray Mullet, Grey Mullet, Mullet
Group relationships: Genus Mugil, Mugil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mugil Cephalus
Literary usage of Mugil cephalus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Account of the Fishes Found in the River Ganges and Its Branches by Francis Hamilton (1822)
"mugil cephalus ? A Mugil with the body longitudinally striped with black; with
the eyes level; with no teeth in the jaws, the under of which is the shortest ..."
2. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"Striped Mullet, mugil cephalus (L.). Wood's Hole, Mass. similarly but less valued.
... Another striped species, also very similar to mugil cephalus in ..."
3. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society by Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh, Wernerian Natural History Society (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1838)
"mugil cephalus of Cuvier is distinguished by having its eyes partly covered with
a semi-transparent membrane, adhering to the anterior and posterior edges ..."
4. An Account of the Fishes Found in the River Ganges and Its Branches by Francis Hamilton (1822)
"mugil cephalus ? A Mugil with the body longitudinally striped with black; with
the eyes level; with no teeth in the jaws, the under of which is the shortest ..."
5. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"Striped Mullet, mugil cephalus (L.). Wood's Hole, Mass. similarly but less valued.
... Another striped species, also very similar to mugil cephalus in ..."
6. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society by Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh, Wernerian Natural History Society (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1838)
"mugil cephalus of Cuvier is distinguished by having its eyes partly covered with
a semi-transparent membrane, adhering to the anterior and posterior edges ..."
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