\ 



22. SMAKis. 389 



not shortened. Head and body with iiTogular blue spots and 

 streaks ; vertical fins blue-spotted ; a brownish spot between the 

 first two or three dorsal spines. 

 Mediterranean. 



a. Adult : skin. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



3. Smarts matirii. 

 Bonap. Faun. Itnl. Pesci, pi. . f. 3. 



The height of the body is rather shorter than the length of the 

 head, and about one-fifth of the total. Dorsal fin without notch, 

 with the posterior rays longest, rather higher than one-half the 

 height of the body. No black lateral blotch. {Boiuiji.) 



Mediterranean. 



4. Smaris gracilis. 



Sparus smaris, De la Roche, Ann. Mm. Hist. Nat. xiii. p. 344. 

 Smaris gi-acilis, Bonap. Faun. Itul. pi. . f. 1. 



D. ii. A. ^. 



11 9 



The length of the head is much more than the height of the 

 body, which is one-sixth of the total length. The dorsal ■without 

 notch, much higher than one-half of the depth of the body ; the 

 posterior rays shortest. A black lateral blotch below the lateral Une. 



Mediterranean. 



a. Adult : skin. Mediterranean. From the Collection of the Zoo- 

 logical Society. 



5. Smaris melaniirus. 

 Cm\ S,- Vol. vi. p. 422. 



D. }?. A. ^. Caec. pylor. 7. L. lat. 66. L. transv. 8/15. 



Lead-coloured, silvery shining ; a large black spot at the root of 

 the caudal fin. 

 Cape Verde. 



a~c. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



6. Smaris balteatus. 



Cue. ^- Val. vi. p. 424. 



D. i^. A. -i. 



10 lU 



Body cylindrical, elongate. Dorsali.s deeply notched. Above 

 reddish brown, dotted ^vith white ; a silveiy band fi-om above the 

 eye to the caudal ; beneath silvery. ( VaJ.) 



Ceylon. 



