19. I'AUKLLUS. 481 



6. Pagellus mormyrus. 



Mopfivpos, Aristut. vi. cap. 17 ; Athvn. vii. p. 313. 



MopixvKos, Oppian, i. v. 100. 



Monnvrus, Pirn, xxxii. cap. 11; Bellon. p. 183; Rondel, v. c. 22. 



p. 153 ; Salv. f. 184 ; Gesner, p. 547 ; Aldrov. ii. c. 19. p. 184 ; Wil- 



lughhy, p. 329 ; Ray, p. 134. 

 Sparus, uo. 9, Artedi, Genera, p. 37. 

 Sparus mormyrus, L. Si/st. Nat. p. 472 ; Briinn. Pise. Mass. p. 96 



L. Gm. p. 1279 ; Bl. ISchn. p. 277 ; Martens, Reise nach Venedig 



ii. p. 425. 

 Pagrus mormyrus, Geoffr. Descr. Eg. Poiss. pi. 18. f. 3. 

 Pagellus moi-myrus, Cuv. <$■ Val. vi. p. 200 ; Webb ^ Berthelot, Hist- 



Nat. lies Collar. Poiss. p. 35 ; Gtiichen. Explor. Scient. Algdr. Poiss 



p. 51. 

 Pagellus goreensis, Cuv- 8f Val. vi. p. 203. 

 periiambucensis, Cuv. 4" Val. vi. p. 210. 



D. i^. A. ^i. L. lat. 63-65. L. transv. 6/12-14. Vert. 10/14. 



The height of the body is 3i in the total length, the length of tho 

 head 3| ; the diameter of the eye is one-fifth of the length of the 

 head, 2| in that of the snout, and Ig in the distance between the 

 eyes. The mouth is very protractile, and the upper maxillary bent, 

 with the concavity downwaixis and forwards. The molar teeth in four 

 series in the upper jaw, and in two or three in the lower. Silvery, 

 shining golden, vdth seven narrow blackish cross-bars, and some 

 times with seven other more indistinct ones between. 



Mediterranean ; Canary Islands ; North-west coast of Afi-ica ; 

 Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



a. Fine specimen. Lanzarote. From the Collection of the Rev. E. 



T. Lowe. 

 h. Adult: not good state. Sicily. Presented by W. Swain,son, Esq, 

 c, d. Young. Malta. From the Haslar Collection. 

 e. Half-gro-wni. Dalmatia. 

 /. Half-gro-«Ti : skin. Mediterranean. From the Collection of the 



Zoological Society. 

 ij. Half-grown : skin : bad state. From Mi". Yarrell's Collection. 

 h. Young: skin. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 

 /. Adult : bad state. (Cape of Good Hope ?) From the Haslar 



Collection. 

 /•. Adult : skeleton. From the Haslar Collection. 



In all the specimens I found the number of the dorsal spines and 

 the dentition as stated by Valenciennes for P. goreensis, which, 1 

 have no doubt, is identical ^vith P. mormyrus. 



The following South American .specimens, probabl}- identical with 

 Pagellus pernamhKcensia. do not differ from those of the other side 

 of the Atlantic Ocean. 



l,m. Half-grown. St. Vincent. From Mr. Macgillivray's Collection. 

 II. Half-grown : skeleton. St. Vincent. From Mr. ifacgillivray's 

 Collection. 



Skeleton. — I cannot agree with Valenciouucs' ^iew. that tlio sko- 



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