88. SPAEID..E DIPLODUS. 
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8§©. S. acaiBeaftas (C. & V.) Gill. 
Silvery 5 reddish on the sides, with golden longitudinal streaks; dor- 
sal and anal fins reddish, vehtrals red. Pectoral elongate. Limb of 
preopercle scaly. Molar teeth small, in two* series in the upper jaw. 
Body rather elongate. A procumbent spine before the dorsal. D. XII, 
12; A. Ill, 12. {Cuvier & Valenciennes.) Atlantic coast of the United 
States, chiefly southward ; rare ; a doubtful species, perhaps the same 
as the preceding or the next. 
{Chrijsophrys aculeata Guy. & Val. vi, 137: Clmjsoplirijs aculeatiis Giiutlier, i, 496.) 
28'J'. — DBPIL<OI>US Eafinesqiie. 
(Sargus Cuvier, 1817 ; preoccuiiied iu Entomology.) 
(tEafinesqne, ludice Ittiologia Siciliaua, 1810, .54: type Spams annularis L.) 
Body oblong or ovate, more or less compressed, the back often ele- 
vated. Mouth rather small, terminal, low. Incisors broad or narrow, 
truncate, entire or more or less emarginate, sometimes serrate in the 
young; a series of smaller teeth behind them. Molar teeth mostly in 2 
or 3 rows. Xo teeth on vomer or palatines. Scales moderate. Dorsal 
spines mostly 12, strong, depressible in a groove. Procumbent dorsal 
spine present or absent ; anal spines rather strong. Caudal fin forked. 
Gill-rakers short and slender. Brauchiostegals 6. Intestinal canal short. 
Pyloric coeca few. Carnivorous species ; abundant in the Atlantic, many 
of them highly valued as food, (dt-luo?, double ; 6dob?, tooth; the teeth 
of two sorts.) 
a. lucisor teeth very narrow, entire. Gill.) 
881. D. argyi’ops (L.) J. & G. — Scug) ; Scuppattg ; Porgee. 
Brownish, somewhat silvery below, everywhere with bright reflec- 
tions, but without distinct markings in the adult; soft parts of ver- 
tical fins somewhat mottled with dark; young faintly barred; axil 
dusky. Body ovate, compressed, the back elevated, the axis of the 
body near the middle of its depth. Head deep. Eye narrower than 
the preorbital. Mouth small, terminal, the maxillary extending to 
opposite the posterior nostrils. Incisor teeth very narrow, almost con- 
*In, three series according to C. & V. The original type is now lost, hut a memo- 
randum by Aug. Dum^ril, preserved in the Museum at Paris, states that the specimen 
was a “ Pagrus^’ (with two rows of molars), and not a “ Chrysoplirgs^’ (with three). 
t“Vl. Gen. Diploclus. Una sola ala dorsaleimincipando vicino al capo, un apendice 
sciuamosa viciuo ad ogni ala toracina. Osset'v. Contiene il Spams annularis di Linneo, 
ed S}). variegatus di Lac^pt^de.” (Pajinesque.) 
tGill, Canadian Naturalist, August, 1865: type Spams arggrops'L. (drevoi, nar- 
row; royuo?, cutting.) 
