446 SPARID.E. 



h. Half-grown : bad state ; has been in chloride of zinc. Medi- 

 terranean. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



c. Adult : bad state ; has been in chloride of zinc. Malta. From 



the Haslar Collection. 



d. Many young specimens. Malta. From the Haslar Collection. 



e. f. Adult : bad state. From the Old Collection. 

 g, h. Adtdt. Lisbon. 



i. Adult. Lanzarote. From the Eev. R. T. Lowe's Collection. 



k. Adult. 



I. Adult. 



m. Half-gi'own. 



n. Young. From the Haslar Collection. 



10. Sargus flavolineatus. 



Cuv. Sr Veil. vi. p. 60. 



Incisors broad, implanted in a vertical direction. No transverse 

 bands or caudal spot. Bluish, with 13-14 golden longitudinal 

 bands (in life) ; vertical fins grejish. (Vah) 



Shores of Cuba. 



11. Sargus unimaculatus. 



Margr. p. 153. 



Perca unimaculata, Bloch, taf. 308. f. 1 (had). 



Grammistes unimacidatus, Bl. Schn. p. 184. 



Sparus salin, Lacep. iv. pp. 136, 138. 



Sargus humeri-maculatus, Quay 8^ Gaim. Voy. Freyc. Zool. p. 297. 



luiimaciilatus, Ctw. Sf Val. vi. p. 62. 



Cynsedus brama, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 56. 



D. if. A. ^. L. lat. 48. L. transv. 9/17. Cffic. pylor. 5 (7, Veil). 

 Yert. 10/14*. 



Incisors broad, each with a notch. The diameter of the eye is 

 four times in the length of the head, and 1^ in that of the snout ; 

 the distance between the eyes equals their diameter ; there is a 

 protuberance above the anterior angle of the orbit. The pectoral 

 fins extend nearly to the origin of the soft portion of the anal fin ; 

 the ventrals do not reach to the vent. The second anal spine is 

 cui-ved, and much longer and stronger than the third, nearly one- 

 half the length of the head. Reddish -silvery : a large black blotch 

 behind the shoulder, below the lateral line. 



Atlantic shores of Tropical America. 



a. Adult. BrazU. Presented by Lord Stuart. 



b. Adult: skeleton. Brazil. Presented by Lord Stuart. 



c. Adult. Bahia. Purchased of M. Parzudaki. 



d. Adult : skin : bad state. Rio Janeiro. Presented by Th. Thomp- 



son, Esq. 



* Valenciennes savs fifteen, which certainly is incorrect. 



