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SPARUS DENTATUS (Gilchrist and Thompson) 



Chrysophrys dentatus Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 



6, p. 173, 1908-1911 (type locality: Natal); Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, 



pt. 4, p. 361, 1917. — VON BoNDE, South Afric. Fisher. Marine Biol. Surv., 



Special Rep. No. 1, p. 18, 1923. 

 Sparus dentatus Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1925, p. 236 (Natal). 

 Pagrus dentatus Barnard, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, p. 697, 1927 



(Natal coast and Delagoa Bay). 



Depth 2)i; head 2%, width l/g. Snout 2 in head from snout tip; 

 eye 4%, 2% in snout, 1% in interorbital; maxillary length 2j^ in head; 

 mouth gape reaches opposite nostril; outer series of 7 large molars, 

 inner series of 5 irregularly smaller; interorbital 3, convex. Gill 

 rakers 9 + 12, lanceolate. 



Scales 70 in lateral line to caudal base and 10 more on latter; 15 

 above, 27 below, 73 predorsal, 10 rows on cheek to preopercle ridge. 

 Scales with 9 basal radiating striae; 59 or 60 weak apical denticles, 

 with 5 or 6 transverse series of basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. XIII, 10, I, fourth spine 2>){ in total head length, fourth ray 

 2%; A. Ill, 9, 1, second spine 3)^, second ray 2%; caudal !]{, emarginate; 

 pectoral 1; ventral 1%. 



Head vmaceous, trunk and tail pinkish buff. Mouse-gray trans- 

 verse band across front of interorbital, squamous area forward 

 opposite front nostril. 



South Africa. 



A.N.S.P. No. 53026. Natal. H. W. Bell Marley. 1925. Length, 250 mm. 

 DULOSPARUS, new subgenus < 



Type. — Pagrus filamentosus Valenciennes. 



Diagnosis. — Differs from the other members of this genus chiefly 

 in the prolonged third dorsal spine. Scales moderate. Second anal 

 spine largest. Red. 



SPARUS FILAMENTOSUS (Valenciennes) 



Pagrus filamentosus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 158, 1830 (type 

 locality: St. Denys, Bourbon; Malacca). — GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 

 vol. 1, p. 471, 1859 (Mauritius). — Guichenot, Notes lie Reunion, vol. 2, 

 p. 25, 1862. — LuNEL, M6m. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve, vol. 27, p. 27, 

 1881 (Mauritius). — Sauvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., p. 192, 1891. 



Depth 2K in total; head 3%. Eye 3 in head, 1% in snout, httle less 

 than interorbital. Scales 54 in lateral line; 6 above, 15 below, 5 rows 

 on cheek to preopercle angle. D. XII, 10, first 2 spines very short, 

 but projecting between scales, third very elongate, fourth less so, 

 fifth not flexible; A. Ill, 8, second spine stronger and longer than 

 third, length 2}^ in head. Uniform red, shining golden. Spinous 

 dorsal violet. (Giinther.) 



Bourbon, Mauritius, Malacca. Valenciennes says there are 17 or 

 18 longitudinal lines, deeper brown than general color of each side. 



< From SovKoi, a slave, with reference to a lash (the long dorsal spine) + Sparus. 



