.444 SPAKIDJ5. 



4. Sargus vetula. 



Scarus, Rondel, vi. cap. 2. p. 164 ; WiUm/hbij, i. p. 305. § 11. 

 Sai'gus vetula, Cuv. iS' Val. vi. p. 48 ; Guichen. Explor. Sc. Alj/er. Potss. 



p. 47 ; Webb 4" Berthelot, Hist. Nat. des lies Canar. Poiss. p. 29 (not 



pi. 9. f. 2). 



D. ii. A. f^. L. lat. 75-80. 



Four series of molar teeth in the upper jaw and thi-ee in the 

 lower. The space between the eyes slightly convex. A brown 

 spot on the suprascapula, another on the angle of the opercuhim ; a 

 black blotch across the back of the tail ; ventrals black. 



Mediterranean. 



5. Sargus lineatus. 



P Cuv. <§• Val. vi. p. 59.— [?? Cuv. Regne Anim. PI. Poiss. pi. 34. f. 1.] 



Incisors moderately broad, implanted in an obUque direction, 

 eight in each jaw. The distance between the origin of the dorsal 

 and the occiput is much more than that between the occiput and 

 the end of the snout. Body with foui- or five very naiTow black 

 cross-streaks ; tail with a broad black band ; base of the pectoral and 

 he ventral fins black. 



Coast of BrazU ? 



«. Fine specimen. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



6. Sargus noct. 



Sargus noct, (^Ehrenberg) Cuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 61 ; Ri'tpp. N. W. Fische, 

 p. 110; Guichen. Explor. Sc. Alger. Poiss. p. 47. 



D. if. A. ^. Cffic. pylor. 5. Vert. 10/13. 



Eight incisors in the upper jaw, six in the lower ; four series of 

 molars in the upper, three in the lower. Dorsal spines rather strong, 

 the rays of the dorsal and anal fin short. On each side of the taQ, 

 on the lateral line, a round black spot. 



Red Sea ; Mediterranean. 



Valenciennes describes the air-bladder as simple ; but Riippell 

 informs us that it is bifiu'cate anteriorly and posteriorly. 



a. Adult: stuffed: not good state. Red Sea. Presented by J. 

 Burton, Esq. 



7. Sargus argenteus. 



Cuv. S,- Val. vi. p. 60. 



D. j^. A.^. L. lat. 65. L. transv. 9/16. 



Incisors moderately broad, implanted in a rather obhque direction ; 

 three series of molars in the upper jaw, two in the lower. The 



