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Some have emarginated incisors l . 

 The round molars of others are on a single line, 

 and very small. From the Mediterranean 2 . 



Chrysophris, Cuv. 



Round molars on the sides of the jaw forming at 

 least three rows on the upper one ; a few conical or 

 blunt teeth in front. 



Two species occur in our seas. 



Chr. auratus. Sparus aurata, L., Bloch, 266. 3 and 

 much better, Duham. Sect. iv. pi. ii. Four rows of 

 molar teeth above, five below ; one of which is oval, 

 and much larger than the others. A large fish, called 

 Chrysophris (golden eyebrow) by the ancients, on ac- 

 count of a crescent-shaped band of a golden hue, 

 which extends from one eye to the other. 



Chr. microdon, Cuv. Colours nearly the same as 

 in the aurata ; smaller ; the forehead more gibbous. 

 Only two rows of molars below, all of which are as 

 broad as they are long, or broader. The large oval 

 one is wanting 4 . 



1 Perca unimaculata, Bl. 308. 1., or Salema, Marcgr. 153. 

 Sparus crenidens, Forsk., probably belongs to this subdivision. 



2 S. puntazzo, Gm., or Sp. acutirostris, La Roche, Ann. Mus. 

 XIII. xxiv. 12., of which Risso forms his genus Charax. 



The teeth belong to another species, and those of the true Chr. 

 aurata are figured pi. lxxiv., as appertaining to the anarrhichas. 



4 Add Sparus bufonites, Lacep. IV. xxvi. 2., the same as his Sp. 

 perroquct, ib. 3., and probably Sp. haffara, Forsk. 33. Sj). sarba, 

 Forsk. 22. Chr. chrysargyra, Cuv., Chitchillee, Russell 91. Sp. 



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