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RED GILT-HEAD. Class IV. 



113. Red. Fagur ? Ovid Halieut. 107. 

 Le Pagrus. Be/on, 245. 

 Pagrus. Rondel. 142. Gefner 



pifc. 656. 

 Sea Bream. Wil. Icth, 312. 

 Rati fyn. pifc. 131. 



Sparus rubefcens, cute ad ra- 

 dicem pinnarum dorfi et ani 

 in finum produ&a. Arted. 

 fynpn. 64. 



Sparus Pagrus. Lin.Jyft. /^6g. 



Descri; 



Color. 



THIS fpecies grows to a fize equal with that 

 of the former : its fhape and the figure of the 

 teeth are much the fame. 



The irides are filvery 1 the infide of the covers 

 of the gills, the mouth, and the tongue, are of a 

 line red. 



At the bafe of the pectoral fins is a ferruginous 

 fpot. 



What is peculiar to this fpecies is, that the fkin 

 at the end of the dorfal and anal fins is gathered 

 up, and hides the laft rays. 



The fcales are large : the tail forked. 



The color of the whole body is red. 



"Brama 



