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sal fins, the first having flexible rays, the second long and 
narrow ; tail very deeply lunated ; the pectorals long ; the 
ventrals double or having a wing, by which means it seemed 
to have four ventral fins; the anal fleshy, and somewhat 
expanded at the origin, obscure in its progress towards the 
tail; no lateral line; a broad band from eye to eye; the 
colour blue, deeper on the back than on the belly ; covered 
with large scales, as well the body as the fins, so that the 
dorsals and anals seem like an extension of the body. I was 
unable to count the rays of the dorsal fins. 
SPARUS. 
Bream. S. Smaris.—This is taken at all seasons, but chiefly 
abounds in summer and autumn; the young ones, called 
Chads, which have not the lateral spot until the second 
year of their growth, are in vast numbers in summer. 
Becker. S. Pagrus.—This species is seen only in summer and 
autumn; the young ones never approach the shores like 
the Chads. : ! 
Oldwife. S.Vetula, C.—Although the English name here given to 
a species of Sparus is applied by naturalists to one of a diffe- 
rent genus, yet I am obliged to use it to designate à fish pre- 
sently to be described, as it is the only one which our fisher- 
men make use of. The body is deep, compressed, and has 
a considerable resemblance to the S. Pagrus; the lips are 
fleshy, and the jaws furnished with a pavement of teeth, of 
which those in front are the longest ; the gill-membrane has 
five rays; the gill-covers and body are covered with large 
scales. The ten first rays of the dorsal fin are spinous ; the 
anal fin also has four spinous rays, after which it becomes 
more expanded; the tail is concave. This fish has a mem- 
branous septum across the palate, as in the Wrasse genus. 
When 
