22. sMAEis. 387 



head 41 ; the diameter of the eye is one-fourtli of the latter. The 

 height of the dorsal is 2| in that of the l)ody. Lead-coloured, with 

 indistinct longitudinal stripes ; a black blotch beneath the lateral line. 

 Mediterranean. 



a. Adidt. Sicily. Presented by W. Swainson, Esq. 



b-e. Adult and half-grown. Malta. From the Haslar Collection. 



/. Adtdt female : not good state. Malta. 



g. Adult. 



h, i. Adult : stuffed. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



I: Adult: stuffed. 



2. Maena vomerina. 



Cia\ 4" Val. \-i. p. 400. pi. 164. 



D. ii. A. |. L. lat. 60-65. L. transv. 20. Csec. pylor. 4. 



The vomerine teeth are arranged in a small patch on the anterior 

 part of the bone. The height of the body is 3| in the total, the 

 length of the head 4i ; the diameter of the eye is one-third of the 

 latter; the spinous dorsal half as high as the body. Coloration 

 uniform. {Val.) 



Malta. 



3. Maena zebra. 



100*. 

 p. ^-" 



? Sparus lineatus, Osbeck, Art. Nov. Nat. Curios. i\'. 1770, p, 

 Sparus zebra, Briuin. Pise. Mass. p. 47 ; Bl. Sclui. p. 279. 



osbeckii, Lacep. iv. pp. 33, 109 ; Eisso, Ichth. Nice, p. 246. 



massiliensiSi Lacep. iv. p. 107. 



tricuspidatus, Spiiiola, Ann. Mus. x. pi. 18. 



gora, Risso, Ichth. Nice, 2nd edit. p. 357. 



Majna osbeckii, Cm: Sf Val. vi. p, 397 ; Chticheti. I. c. 



D. n A. |. L. lat. 70. L. transv. 20. C«c. pylor. 4. Yert. 10/13. 



The height of the body is three times in the total length, the 

 length of the head 4|. Greyish blue: head, body, and vertical fins 

 with Hght-blue spots, those of the cheeks forming radiating series. 



Mediterranean. 



22. SMARISt. 



Smaris, Cue. Recite Aiiini. ; Cur. S,- Tal. \i. p. 403. 



Form of the body oblong or cylindrical ; eye moderate or rather 

 large ; the mouth very protractile, the posterior processes of the 

 intermaxillaries extenthng to the occiput. One dorsal, scaleless, 

 with (nine) eleven and more spines, the anal Hn with three ; all the 



* It is very doubt t'lil wlietlier the fish described by Osbeek is to be referred to 

 tliis species, which lias no lateral blotch, whilst Osbeck says, " Mnciila nigra 

 utrinque infra lateraleni." The fish is called by Osbeck Sp. thieat/is. and not 

 radiutus. as Valenciennes erroneously copies from Bonuaterre. 



t 1. Smaris martiuicus, Cue. d[- Val. vi. p. 424.— Martinique. 



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