472 SPARID^. 



head 3| ; the diameter of the eye is less than the distance between 

 the eyes, one-thu-d the length of the head, and li in that of the 

 snout. There are five series of scales between the prseorbital and the 

 angle of the praeoperculvun. The fii'st two dorsal spines very short, 

 but projecting betw^een the scales ; the third very elongate, the fourth 

 less ; the fifth not flexible ; the second anal spine stronger and longer 

 than the third, 2^ in the length of the head. Uniform red, shining 

 golden ; the spinous dorsal \iolet. 

 Sea of Mauritius. 



a. Adult. Mauritius. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



11. Pagrus spinifer. 



Sparus Ppinifer, Forsk. p. 32 ; L. Gm. i. p. 1273 ; Bl. Sclm. p. 281. 

 EmseU, ii. p. 1. pi. 101. 



PagTus spiniier, Cuv. ^- Val. vi. p. 156; Rilpp. N. W. Fische, p. 114. 

 longifilis, Cuv. ^- Val. vi. p. 159; Bkek. Celeb, iii. p. 756. 



D. i?, A. |. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 22. 



The height of the -body is 2| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 4| ; the diameter of the eye is one-third of the latter. The 

 first two dorsal spines very short [and the first not projecting fi-om 

 the scaly sheath of the fin ?] ; the third veiy elongate and filiform ; 

 some of the following spines flexible, and in some of the specimens 

 also filiform, but shorter than the third ; the second and third anal 

 spines nearly equal. Uniform rose-coloured ; the spinous dorsal 

 black- edged. 



Eed Sea ; East Indian Seas. 



Riippell has not found any pyloric appendages in this species. 

 a. Young. China. — A. y. 



12. Pagrus argyrops. 



Sparus argyrops, Li>vi. Si/st. Nat. p. 471 ; SItatc, Zool. iv. p. 426; Bl. 



Schu. p. 277. 

 Schoe])f, Schrift. Naturf. Freumle Berlin, viii. p. 153. 

 Sparus xanthurus, Lacep. iv. p. 120. 

 Labvus versicolor, 31itch. Trans. Lit. 4" FJ^i^- ^oc. New York, i. 



p. 404. pi. 3. f. 7. 

 Pagrus argjTops, Cuv. Sr Val. \i. p. 164 ; Agassiz in Spix, Pise. Brasil. 



p. 117. tab. 64 ; Dehay, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 95. pi. 9. f. 25 ; 



Baird, Ninth S7)iithson. Report, p. 333; Holbr. Ichth. S. Carol, p. 175. 



pi. 25. f. 1. 



D. 1|, A. ^. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 20-23. 



The height of the body is 2 1 in the total length. Canine teeth 

 feeble; molars very small, in two series. The second and third 

 dorsal spines elongate, filiform, the third shorter than the second. 

 Brownish, golden shining ; a narrow, vertical, blackish spot in the 

 middle of each side. 



Atlantic coasts of the United States. 



