19. PAGELLUS. 473 



19. PAGELLUS*. 

 Pagellus, Cuv. ^ Val. vi. p. 1G9. 



The anterior teeth card-like, without canines, the outer series 

 generally containing larger ones than those behind. Several series 

 of rounded molar teeth in both the jaws. Cheeks scaly. The spines 

 of the dorsal (eleven to thirteen) can be received in a groove ; thi'ee 

 anal spines. Opercles not armed. Scales of moderate size. Six 

 branchiostegals. Pyloric appendages in small number ; air-bladder 

 simple. I 



Mediterranean ; Atlantic (except the shores of North America). 



1. Pagellus erythrinus. 



? ^Epvdpivos, Aristot. 10. cap. 11. 



Erytlirinus, Bellon. p. 185 ; Rondel, v. cap. 16. p. 144 ; Salvian. f. 239 ; 



Aldroc. ii. cap. 9. p. 154; Gesner, p. 365; Willughby, c. 10. p. 311. 



tab. 5. f. 6 ; Ray, p. 134. 

 Sparus, no. 3, Artedi, Genera, p. 36. 

 Spams erjlhrinus, Linn. Si/sf. i. p. 469 ; Z. Gm. p. 1272 ; Rl. Schn. 



p. 275;' Shaw, Nat. Misc. xx. pi. 8-34; Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 240; 



Martens, Reise nach Venedig, ii. p. 425 ; Duhamel, Peches, iv. c. 2. 



p. 29. 

 Sparus pagellus, Lacep. iii. p. 86. 

 Pagrus erytlirinus, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 361. 

 Pagellus erythrinus, Cuv. ^- Val. xi. p. 170. pi. 150; Yarrell, Brit. 



Fishes, i. p. 120, fig. cop. from Cuv. S,- Val. (not descript. and 



vignette ; not JVhiteJ ; Nordm. in Deniid. Voy. Russ. Merid. p. 388 ; 



Guichen. Explor. Scient. Alger. Paiss. p. 50 ; Couch in Loudon's Mag. 



Nat. Hist. V. p. 17. f. 3 ; Parn. Fishes, Firth of Forth, p. 43. pi. 27. 

 PageUus rostratus, Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc, ii. p! 177. 

 Pagrus vido-aris, Yarrell, Brit. Fishes, i. p. 117-119 (descript. and 



vig-nette, but not figure and s^Tionymy, which belong to the true 



Pagrus vidgaris) ; Tfliite, Catal. Brit. Fishes, p. 17 (not sniou.). 

 Pagellus canariensis, Valeric, in Webb and Berthelot, Hist. Nat. Lies 



Canar. Poiss. p. 35. pi. 10. f. 2. 



D.|^. A.|. L. lat. 60. L. transv. ^. Case, pylor. 4. Vert. 10/14. 



The height of the body is 31 in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3| ; the diameter of the eye equals the chstance between the 

 eyes, and is 3| in the length of the head and Ii (twice in large 

 specimens) in that of the snout. The prajorbital is H or 1^ as long 

 as high, -with the maxillary edge slightly notched (in adult speci- 

 mens). There are six series of scales between the prsorbital and 

 the angle of the prasoperculum. In both jaws two scries of molars 

 only. The posterior nostril ovate. Uniform red. 



MediteiTanean ; Black Sea ; coasts of the Peninsula, of France 

 and Great Britain ; Canary Islands. [Cape Seas ?] 



a. 19" long : stuffed. Firth of Forth. From Dr. Paruclls Col- 

 lection. 



* 1. Pngollus hreWceps, Ckv. ^- Val. vi. p. Ifli). — Mediterranean. 



