370 PRISTIPOMATID-E. 



inches, lines. 



Length of the fom-th dorsal spine 2 



of the pectoral 4 6 



of the ventral spine I 10| 



of a scale 7g 



Height of a scale 9| 



4. Dentex rupestris. 



Cuv. ^ Val. vi. p. 231 ; Sinith, III. S. Afr. Fishes, pi. 14 (not good) ; 

 Oweti, Osteolog, Catal. i. p. 60. 



D. ij. A, |. L. lat. 58. L. transv. i^. ' 



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

 in the total. The snout is twice as long as the diameter of the eye, 

 which is 5 5 in the length of the head. Canines very strong. The 

 prffiorbital sealeless, much higher than the eye ; there are seventeen 

 rows of scales between the proeorbital and the margin of the prae- 

 operculujn, which is also covered with scales for its greater part ; 

 the scales above the lateral line are much smaller than those of the 

 sides, similar to those of the head. The spines of the fins moderate, 

 not flexible ; the fourth of the dorsal is the longest, and 83 in the 

 length of the head ; the second and third anal spines nearly equal. 

 CaudaKs emarginate. Coloration uniform. 



Cai>e Seas. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Cape Seas, From Sir A. Smith's Collection. 



5. Dentex macrophthalnms. 



f. Zvvaypis, SufofioK, Athen. vii. pp. 322, 327 ; Oppiayi, i. 170. 

 Svnagris, Bellon. p. 181. 



? Dentalis seu Dentex Bellonii, Gesner, pp. 934, 1119. 

 Synag-ris Bellonii, Gesner, p. 934. 



Spainis macrophthalmus, Block, taf. 272 ; Risso, lehth. Nice, p. 250. 

 Cichla macrophthalma, Bl. Schn. p. 337. 

 Sparus erythrostoma, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. no. 31. 

 Dentex macrophthalmus, Cuv. 8f Val. \\. p. 227 ; Guichen. Explor. 



Scient. Alger. Poiss. p. 51 ; Webb ^- Berth. I. c. p. 37. 

 ? Dentex maroccanus, Cuv. 8f Val. vi. p. 234. 



B. 6. D. i?. A. |. L. lat. 60. 



The height of the body Ls 3| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3| ; the diameter of the eye is one-third of the latter, and 

 longer than the distance between the eyes ; the prasorbital is three 

 times as long as high ; praeoperculum with scaly margin ; four canines 

 of moderate size in the upper jaw. Dorsal spines moderate ; the 

 second of the anal fin longer and stronger than the third. Caudalis 

 emarginate. Uniform red. 



Mediterranean. 



