422 SPAEID^. 



3. SCATHARUS. 



Scathams, Cm. c^ Val vi. p. 375. 



In both jaws a single scries of lanceolate teeth, behind which are 

 no ether teeth ; no molars. Cheeks scaly. The dorsal spines (eleven) 

 can be received iu a scaly sheath ; anal spines three. Scales mo- 

 derate. Six branchiostegals. Pyloric appendages in small number ; 

 air-bladder with two short posterior horns. 



Mediterranean. 



1. Scatharus grsecus. 



Cuv. 8f Val. vi. p. 376. pi. 102 ter ; Exped. Sc. Moree, Zool. pi. 17. 

 i.2a,b. 



D.ii. A.^. Qdc. pylor. 4. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length. Colo- 

 ration uniform. 

 Mediterranean. 



4. OBLATA. 



Oblata, sp., Cuv. Reyne Anim. ; Cuv. c^ Val. vi. p. 3G6. 



In both jaws a series of broad incisors iu front, notched at the 

 cutting margin, behind which is a baud of granular teeth* ; on the 

 sides a series of small pointed teeth ; no molars. Cheeks scaly. The 

 dorsal spines (eleven) can be received in a scaly sheath ; anal spines 

 three. Scales moderate. Six branchiostegals. Pyloric appendages 

 in small number ; air-bladder with two horns posteriorly. 



Mediterranean. 



1. Oblata melanura. 



Mtkavovpos,Arist. viii. c. 2 ; JElia/i, i. c. 41, xii. c. 17 ; Ojyjiiaii, i. p. 5 ; 



Athen. vii. p. 313. 

 Melanurus, Ovid. Hal. v. 113 ; Plin. xxxii. c. 11 ; BcUo)i. pp. 270, 271 ; 



Rondel. V. c. 6. p. 126 ; Salv. f. 181, 182 ; Aldrov. i. c. 13. p. 64 ; 



Gesner, pp. 540, 638 ; Willuf/hbi/, p. 310 ,; Ray, p. 131. 

 Sparus, no. 14, Artedi, Genera, p. 37. 

 nielanm'us, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 468 ; Briinn. Pise. 3Iass. p. 41 ; 



L. Gm. p. 1271 ; Rl. Sc/in. p. 273. 



oblada, Lucep. iv. p. 76 : Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 237. 



Oblata melanura, Cuv. 4" Val. vi. p. 366. pi. 162 b ; Guichenot, Explur. 



Sc. Alyer. Pviss. p. 54. 



D. -. A. 4- L. lat. G5. L. transv. ^--?. Ca3c. pvlor. 6. Vert. 10/14. 



14 13 10 * »■ ' 



The lower jaw rather prominent ; a large black blotch across the 

 back of the tail, extenchng on the sides. 

 Mediterranean ; Madeira ; Canary Islands. 



a. Adidt: skin. Mcchterrancan. From the Collection of the Zoo- 

 logical Society. 



* The teeth boliind the incisors are not villiform, as stated by Cuvier, but 

 granular, as in Crcnidcns, to whicli genus Ubiutu is closely allied. 



