COMMON SEA. BREAM. 



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THE COMMON SEA BREAM. 



THE SHARP-TOOTHED SEA BREAM. 



Pugellus cenlrodontus, Cuv. et VALENC. Hist. Nat. des Poiss. t. vi. p. 180. 

 ,, ,, Red Gilt Head, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 329, 



and pi. 66, under the name of 

 Lunulated Gilt-head. 



,, ,, Lunulated Gilt-head, DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 89. 



Gilt-head, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 211, sp. 1361 



,, ,, Sea Bream of Couch and Montagu. 



Spams ,, Common Sea Bream, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 356. 



THE SEA BREAM is a common fish in the Mediterranean, 

 and in the ocean is tat en frequently at Brest, Dieppe, and 

 Boulogne : it is by no means an uncommon fish on the line 

 of the southern shore of England, particularly on the coast of 

 Sussex, and is constantly to be seen during summer and 

 autumn in the fish-market at Hastings. Colonel Montagu 



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obtained it in Devonshire ; and Mr. Couch, whose account of 

 this species I shall quote at some length, says it is abundant 

 in Cornwall. 



On the Irish coast, this fish may be traced from Watcrford 

 up the east coast to Dublin Bay, and thence to Belfast Bay 



