297 



Corvma mgm Cuv. ^ Val. v. p. 86 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. p. . pi f 9 . 

 Nordm. mBemid. Voy. Ems. 3Iend. iii. p. 382. pi 3 { i'r,J 

 Reym Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 28. f. 1. ^ ^ ' "^' 



canariensis, Cut: ^- Val. v. p. 93 (joimg). 



^' ^^ I h' ^- 6=8- ^- ^at. 60. L. transv. 30. Cac. pylor. 8. 

 Vert. 11/14. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head 

 and ^2 in the total; the diameter of the eye equals the length of the 

 snout, and is one-fourth of the length of the head, the upper kw 

 overlapping the lower. The band of the maxUlai; teeth Lhal 

 Z^rJrf T^'' ""T- .Pi-^«Perculuni scarcely denticulated; 

 nectorak Th ""'T^ ?^'-'' ^^' ^'""^'^^ ^""^ ^Wr than the 

 fb.i ?i' fi f '"'"^^ anal spme very strong, but one-third shorter 

 anTaial^tX^laS:^'^^^^™*^^ Blackish-brown; ventral 



Mediterranean ; Canary Islands. 



a. Young. Dalmatia. 1 . , 2 



6. Young : bad state. / °^^ 6 • Corvimi canariensis. 



2. Corvina nigrita. 

 Cut: Sf Val. v. p. 103. 



^•10 I 3^- A.|. Ciec. pylor. 8. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 3^ in 

 the total. The upper jaw overlapping the lower. The band of the 

 maxillary teeth with an outer row of somewhat stronger ones. Pr^- 

 operculum finely denticulated. The .econd anal spLe very strong 

 Caudahs rhomboidal. Above brownish; the fii-st dorsal brow? 

 black-edged, with one longitudinal series of blackish spots, and the 

 second with two. -^ ' 



Senegal. 



3. Corvina oscula. 



Sciaena^oscula, Lesimir, Jmmi. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1822, ii. p. 252. 

 grisea, Lesueur, I. c. p. 254. 



p 73. pi 2T f.^3 '^"'■^' ^' ' ^^*«y'^««' YorkFaun. Fishes, 



"^ p.^M^p].^"'"'''' ^^'^^ ^''"''^' ^- ^- ^'"''f- ^- ^- ^^P"^- ^*-''^«' 



^- 1^ ! m^i- A- y- L. lat. 50-55. L. transv. |^. Csc. pylor. 7. 



The height of the body is 31 in the total length, the length of the 



head four times. The snout is obtuse, convex, with the upper iaw 



overlapping the lower, and equals the interspace between the eyes 



hpnH T^ ' *' '^■' If "'"'^ '°'^"""' ^"^^ ^3 in the length of the 

 head. The upper maxillary with an outer series of larger teeth 



