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"BRAMA RAII" OR RAVS BREAM. 



Acanthopteri. Chcetodontida;. 



German : Der Meerhrassen. French : Castagnole. 

 Swedish : Eddjisk. 



'' Brama Kaii/' or Bay's Bream [Spare castagnole). In 

 September, 1868, the Duke of Nortlmmberlaud sent me, 

 from Alnwick Castle, a splendid specimen of tins fisli, 



" BKAMA EAii," OR kay's beeam [Spare castcignole). 



weighing 4^1bs. ; it was 16f inches long, and 8^ inches 

 in depth. Conch figures it under the name Brama Eaii 

 [Spare castar/nole), and says : '' It is worthy of notice that 

 a large proportion of these fish have only been met with 

 dead on the shore after a storm, or ready to expire, as 

 if they had been exposed to some uncongenial influence 

 of weather or temperature." 



I notice that beneath each pectoral fin there is, as it 

 were, a secondary small fin. The tail is deeply cleft. 

 All the rays of both dorsal, abdommal, and caudal fins 

 are armed at their posterior aspect with a row (on each 

 side) of scales. These lie one upon the other like the 

 scales on the shoulder-straps of a Life Guard's cuirass, 



