14. SARGtJs. 447 



e. Adiilt: not good state. Guatemala. Purcha.sed of Mr. Frank. 



/. Adult : bad state. Puerto Cabello. Purclia.sed of Mr. Brandt. 



g-i. Adult : sldns. Jamaica. From Dr. Pamcll's Collection. 



k. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



I. Half-grown : bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 



m. Adult: stirffed. 



Skeleton. — The skeleton differs very little from that of S. vulgaris. 

 The occipital crest and the neural spines are not quite so elevated as 

 in that species, and the upper masiUary bone is not pierced by a 

 foramen. The length of the abdominal portion of the vertebral 

 column is to that of the caudal as 1 : 1-3. The length of the first 

 interhcemal equals that of the fu-st vertebra to the seventh. 



12. Sargus ovis. 



Sparus, Schospff, Schriften der Gesellsch. Nat. Freunde, viii. p. 152. 

 Sparus ovis, Mitch. Trans. Lit. fy Phil. Sac. New York, i. p. 392. pi. 2. 



f. 5. 

 Sarp:us ovis, Cuv. ^ Vol. vi. p. 63 ; Storer, Meport, p. 36 ; Dekay, New 



York Fauna, Fishes, p. 89. pi. 8. f. 23 ; Holbr. Ichth. S. Carol p. .51. 



pi. 8. f. 2. 



D.-iTT^ini-)- ^-ro- L-lat.46. L. transv. 8/18. 

 Incisors broad, quadrilateral. A recumbent spine in front of the 

 dorsal. The diameter of the eye is six times in the length of the 

 head, and 2| in that of the snout. The distance between the eyes 

 is more than twice their diameter*. The pectoral fins extend 

 nearly to the origin of the anal fin. The second anal spine is longer 

 and stronger than the third, about one-thii-d the length of the head. 

 Body with five blackish cross-bars. 



a. Twenty-two inches long: stuflfed. N. America. Presented by 



Edward Doubleday, Esq. 



b. Adult : skin. From Gronov's Collection. 



13. Sargus rhomboides. 



Sparus rhoniboides, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 427 ; Shaw, Zool. iv. p. 447 ; 



Schccpff, Schrift. der Naturf. Freunde Berlin, viii. p. 153. 

 Sarprus rhomboides, Cuv. 8f Val. vi. p. 68. pi. 143, cop. by Dekaij, 



Netv York Fauna, Fishes, p. 93. pi. 71. f. 228. 

 Lagodon rhomboides, Holhr. Ichth, S. Carol, p. 56. pi. 8. f. 1. 



D. If. A. ^. Caec. pylor. 4. 



A recumbent spine before the dorsal fin. Incisors moderately 

 broad, each with a notch ; two series of molars in each jaw. Body 

 with longitudinal stripes, and sometimes -svith several dusky cross- 

 bars. A black blotch at the origin of the lateral Une. 



Southern shores of the United States. 



* These measurements are taken from the very large specimen in the Britisli 

 Museum, and may be found dilTerent in younger individuals. 



