480 SPARID^. 



inches, lines. 



Total length 14 6 



Length of the head 4 3 



Height of the body 4 



Diameter of the eye 1 



Length of the fourth dorsal spine 1 6 



4. Pagellus acame. 



? "AKapva, Athen. viii. cap. 1-3. 

 ? Acame, PUn. xxxii. cap. 11. 

 Acanie, Rondel, xv. cap. 20. p. 151 ; Diihamel, Peches, ii. sect. iv. 



c. 2. p. 32. 

 Sparus berda, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 252. 



Pagi'us acame, Cuv. Regne Anim. ; Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 361. 

 Pagellus acame, Cuv. ^ Val. \\. p. 191 ; Cuv. Rigne Atmn. III. Poiss. 



pi. 35. f. 1; Guichen. Explor. Scient. Alger. Poiss, p. 51. 



D. 1^. A. ^. L. lat. 72. L. transv. 5/13. Vert. 22. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 3| 

 in the total ; the diameter of the eye is nearly equal to the distance 

 between the eyes, rather less than the length of the snout, and 

 3| in the length of the head. The prajorbital is narrower pos- 

 teriorly, its greatest depth being Ik in its greatest length. There 

 are five series of scales between the praeorbital and the angle of the 

 praeoperculum. In both jaws two series of molars only. Reddish, 

 shining golden ; a deep brownish-red spot in the axil. 



Mediterranean ; from the Canary Islands to the coasts of Great 

 Britain. 



a. Fine specimen. Lanzarote. Presented by the Eev. R. T. Lowe. 

 h. Half- grown. Lisbon. 

 c. Half-grown. Cornwall. Museum Leach. 



5. Pagellus bogaraveo. 



Spams bogaraveo, Brlbw. Pise. Mass. p. 49; Lac6p. iv. pp. Ill, 112; 



Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 249. 

 Pagrus bugaravella, Risso, Eur. Merid. p. 359. 

 Duhamel, Peches, sect. 4. pi. 1. f. 1. 

 Pagellus bogaraveo, Cuv. 8f Val. vi. p. 196. 



D. i^. A. -f^2- ^- ^at- 70. L. transv. 7/14. Vert. 22. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 3| 

 in the total ; the diameter of the eye is a httle more than the distance 

 between the eyes or than the length of the snout, and is one-third 

 of the length of the head. The prseorbital is rather narrow and 

 elongate, its greatest depth being 21 in its length. There are six 

 series of scales between the prseorbital and the angle of the prae- 

 operculum. In both jaws two series of small molars. Silvery, back 

 rose-coloured. 



From the Mediterranean to the British Channel. 

 a. Adult. Cadiz. From the Haslar Collection. 

 h. Adult : skin. Mediterranean. From the Collection of the 

 Zoological Society. 



