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belly nearly white ; fins reddish brown, the upper ones 

 set, as it were, in a groove ; pectorals long and narrow ; 

 ventrals triangular ; caudal forked. Fin- rays, D. 11 + 11 : 



P. 14 : V. 1 + 5 : A. 3 + 7 : C. 17 Cuv. ^ Val, vi. p. 220, 



pi; 153 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish.^ i. 127. Sparus dentex, Linn. 

 Toothed Gilt-head, Penn. Bnt. Zool., iii. p. 331. Four- 

 toothed Sparus, J)on. Brit Fish., pi. 73. 

 Gen. XX. Cantharus. All the teeth small and card-like, 



those of the outer row more robust than the others ; mouth 



Tather small ; cheeks scaly : dorsal fin single ; brancliiostegous 



fays sLx. 

 Sp. 41. C. grisms. Black Bream. Dorsal outline very con- 

 vex ; spinous portion of the dorsal fin twice the length of 

 the soft part ; pectorals narrow and pointed, reaching to 

 the vent ; taU forked ; colour bluish or lead-grey, marked 

 with alternate dark and light stripes ; lateral line dark ; 

 dorsal fin pale brown, lodged in a groove ; each side of the 

 nape with a faint golden lunulated mark. Fin-rays, 

 D. 11 + 12 : P. 16 : V. 1 + 5 : A. 3+10 : C. 17— Cwi-. 

 ^ Vol., vi. p. 333 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. p. 130. Sparus 

 lineatus, Mont. Mem. Wem. Soc, ii. p. 451, pi. 23. Spa- 

 rus vetula, Couch, Trans. Linn. Soc.y xiv. p. 79. Pagrus 

 lineatus, Fkm. Brit. -4w., p. 211. 

 Fam. V. Squammipennce. Scaly-fin/md Family. Dorsal and 



anal fins almost entirely covered with scales; body deep and very 



much compressed. 



Gen. XXI. Brama. Teeth fine and card-like, placed on 



both jaws, as well as on the palatine bones ; dorsal single, and 



as well as the anal, long ; branchiostegous rays seven. 



Sp. 42. B. Raii. Ray's Bream. Body very deep at the 

 commencement of the dorsal fin, becoming very slender at 

 the tail ; snout very obtuse ; mouth oblique ; dorsal sub- 

 falcate, the anal resembling it in form ; caudal large and 

 crescent-shaped ; ventrals very small : colour dull silvery, 

 tinged with brown on the back ; pectorals and ventrals 

 yellowish. Fin-rays, D. 34 : P. 19 : V. 1 +5 : A. 2 + 28 : 

 C. U.—Cuv. d: Val, vil p. 210, pi. 190; Yarr. Brit. 



