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telly nearly white ; fins reddish bro\ni, the upper ones 

 set, as it -vrere, 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. U.—Cm: <^- VaL, vi. p. 220, 

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

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

 toothed Sparus, Do7i. 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 

 lather small ; cheeks scaly : dorsal fin single ; branchiostegous 

 Bys six. 



Sp. 41. C. griseus. 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 ; tail 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. i1.—Cuv. 

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

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

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

 lineatus, Flan. Frit. An., p. 211. 

 Fam. Y. Sqiiammipmnce. Scaly-finned Family. Doj'sal and 

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

 rmich compressed. 



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

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

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



Sp. 42. F. Raii. Ray's Bream. Body rery deep at the 

 commencement of the dorsal fin, becoming very slender at 

 the taU ; 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. \1.—Cm'. <L' Yal, vii. p. 210, pi. 190; Yarr. Frit. 



