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Pagelus, Cuv. 



Teeth very like those of the preceding genusj but the molars, also 

 in two rows, are smaller^ the front conical ones are slender and more 

 numerous. A more elongated muzzle gives a very different physi- 

 ognomy to this genus. Several species are found in the European 

 seas. 



Pag. erythrinus; Sparus erythrinus, L.; Bl. 274. A fine fish 

 of a silver colour with a pale rose gloss; body high and com- 

 pressed. 



Pag. centrodontus; Sp. centroclont., Laroche; the Rousseau at 

 Marseilles; Besugo of the Spaniards; Ann. Mus. XIII, xxiii, 2. 

 Silvery, glossed with rosej a large, irregular black spot on the 

 shoulder.(l) 



Pag. acarne, Cuv., the carne; Rondel., 511; Sparus berda of 

 Risso, but not of Forskhal. Smaller and more oblong; silvery, 

 tinged with greenish towards the back; no black spot. 



Pag. bogaraveo; Sp. bogar., Gm. ; Rondel., 1 37. More oblong; 

 muzzle more pointed; gilt tinged with violet; a black spot on 

 the axilla. 



Pag. mormyrus; Sp. mormyrus, L.; Rondel., 153; Geoff., Eg. 

 Poiss. pi. xviii, 3. Vertical black bands on a silver ground. 



In the second tribe there is but one genus, 



Dentex, Cuv. 



Characterized by conical teeth even on the sides of the jaws, gene- 

 rally in one range, some of the anterior of which are drawn out into 

 large hooks. They would be rather closely allied to the genus 

 Haemulon were it not that the indentation of the preoperculum is 

 wanting, and that they have one ray less in their branchiae. The 

 cheek is scaly. Two species are found in the Mediterranean. 



D. vulgaris; Sparus dentex, L.; Dentale of the Italians; Bl., 

 268. Silvery, shaded with bluish, towards the back; sometimes 

 three feet in length. (2) 



D. macropthalmus; Sp. macropth., Bl., 272. Red, with very 

 large eyes; much rarer than the preceding, and about half its 

 size. 

 We distinguish from the other species of Dentex, by the name 



(1) It is the Sparus pagrus, Bl., pi. 262. 



(2) Add: B. macrocephalus, Cuv., or Loire macrocephale, Lacep., Ill, xxvi, 1;- 

 Sparun cynodon, Bl., 27S; Dentex hexodon, Quoy et Gaym. Voy. Freycin., 301. 



