414 spakidye. 



Spai'us, no. 2, Artedi, Genera, p. 36. 



cantliarus, L. 6m. p. 1274; Bl. Sclin. p. 17 ; Dtihamel, Peches, 



ii. sect. 4. pi. 7. f. 1. 



liueatus, Montagu, Mem. Wern. Soc. ii. 1815, p. 451. pi. 23. 



vetiila, Couch, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 79. 



sciandra (Rudolphi), Hosenth. Ichthyot. Tafeln. taf. 14. f. 1. 



Pagrus lineatus, Flem. Brtt. Anim. p. 211. 



Cantharus vulgaris, Cuv. ^ Vol. vi. p. 319. pi. 160 ; Guichen. Explor. 



Sc. Alc/er. Poiss. p. 53. 

 griseus, Cur. ^ Val. vi. p. 333 ; Jen. Brit. Vert. p. 358 ; Tarre/l, 



Brit. FisJies, p. 130 ; Loice, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 178. 

 lineatus, Wliite, Catal. Brit. Fishes, p. 16. 



By an examination of several specimens from the Mediterranean 

 and the Canaiy Islands, as well as from the British Channel, it is 

 evident that the few differences on which Valenciennes separated the 

 C. griseus from C. vulgaris must have been merely accidental in the 

 individuals from which the descriptions were taken. In the ' His- 

 toire Natiu'elle des lies Canariens, par Webb et Berthelot,' Valen- 

 ciennes says, that C. griseus is not found in those seas, and that the 

 C. griseus, Lowe, is to be referred to C. vulgaris. There are speci- 

 mens in the Bi-itish Museum (one was sent by the Ecv. R. T. Lowe) 

 which really agree better with C. griseus, Val. But other specimens 

 from the British coast have the prteorbital as shghtly notched as 

 it is stated to be by Valenciennes in the Mediterranean fish ; others 

 from the Mediterranean have six series of pr8eoi:)ercular scales, as 

 well as those from the Channel. 



D. ii. A. ^. L. lat. 68-75. L. transv. ^. Vert. 10/14. 



The height of the body is 3-3| in the total length, the length of 

 the head 41 ; the diameter of the eye is about one-fourth of the 

 latter (in young and half-grown individuals larger), and equal to, or 

 rather shorter than, the snout. There are six (or seven) series of scales 

 between the prscorbital and the pmeopercular limb ; prteorbital notched 

 by the maxillarj- bone. The dorsal spines rather slender and flexible, 

 the fourth, filth and sixth the highest, and longer than any of the 

 rays. Caudalis emarginate ; the anal spines very much shorter than 

 the rays. Greyish green, with darker longitudinal lines ; fins black- 

 ish grey. 



a. Adult: stuffed. Polperro. 



h. Adult : stuffed. Pljinouth. Presented by Lieut. H. F. Spence, 

 R.N. 



c. Adult: stuffed. Plpnouth. 



d, e. Eighteen inches long : skins. Plymouth. From Mr. YaiTcU's 



Collection. 

 f. Half-gro-mi. British Channel. 



'g. Adult : stuffed. Frith of Forth. From Dr. ParneU's Collection. 

 h. Adult : stuffed. England. From Mr. YarreU's Collection. 

 i. Fine specimen. Lanzarote. Presented by the Eev. R. T. Lowe. 

 I: HaK-grown : stuffed. Santa Cruz, Teneriffe. 

 /. IIalf-gro\vn. From the Ha-slar Collection. 

 w-j»). Adult: stuffed. 



