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some of those along the side of the jaw are transformed into 

 large blunt molars, fitted for grinding small crabs and shells. 

 The name porgy, in Spanish pargo, comes from the Latin 

 Pagrus and Greek ndypos, the name from time immemorial 

 of the red porgy of the Mediterranean, Pagrus pagrus. In this 



FIG. 280. Ebisu. the Fish-god of Japan, bearing a Red Tai 

 (Sketch by Kako Morita.) 



species the front teeth are canine-like, the side teeth molar. It 

 is a fine food-fish, very handsome, being crimson with blue 

 spots, and in the Mediterranean it is much esteemed. It also 

 breeds sparingly on our south Atlantic and Gulf coasts. 



