SPARID.E. 



ACANTHOPTERYGII. SPAR1D&. 



THE SPANISH SEA BREAM. 



Pagellus erythrinus, Cuv. et VALENC. Hist. Nat. des Poiss. t. iv. p. 169, 



pi. 150. 



Spurns ,, LINN/EVS. 



Erythrinus Rondeletii, WILLUGHBV, p. 311, tab. V. 6. 



,, ,, Spanish Bream, COUCH, Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. v. p. 17, 



fig. 3. 



,, ,, Red Sea Bream. WALLCOTT'S MS. 



Sparus erythrinus., Spanish Sea Bream, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 355. 



Generic Characters. The teeth in front conical, slender, numerous ; the 

 molars rounded, smaller in size than in the preceding genera of the Sparidte, 

 those of the outer rank the most powerful : one dorsal fin, the rays of the ante- 

 rior part spinous, the remainder flexible : in other respects resembling the ge- 

 nera Chrysophrys and Pagrus. 



THE Pagellus erythrinus of Cuvier and M. Valenciennes, 

 the Spanish Bream of Mr. Couch, was well known to Ronde- 

 letius and Salvianus, is a common fish in the Mediterranean 

 Sea, and when issuing thence, appears to pursue a course 

 north and north-west. 



This species, Mr. Couch says, " is known to our fishermen 

 by the name of Spanish Bream. It is rare, as I have never 



