88. SPARID/E DIPLODUS. 557 



§80. S. aculc»ti3$ (C. & V.) Gill. 



Silvery; reddish on tlie sides, with golden longitudinal streaks; dor- 

 sal and anal tins reddish, ventrals red. Pectoral elongate. Limb of 

 l)reopercle scaly. Molar teeth small, in two* series in the upper jaw. 

 Body rather elongate. A procumbent spine before the dorsal. D. XII, 

 12; A. Ill, 12. {Cuvier & Valeric i en nes.) Atlantic coast of the United 

 States, chiefly southward ; rare ; a doubtful species, perhaps the same 

 as the preceding- or the next. 



{Chnjsophrys acidcata Cuv. & Val. vi, 137: Chryaophri/s aculcatm Giiuthcr, i, 49j.) 



2§7.— DSPLODUS Rafinesque. 

 {Sarr/us Cuvier, 1817; preoccupied iu Eutomology.) 

 (tEafiuesqnc, Intlice Ittiologia Siciliaua, 1810, 54: type Simrus annulurifi L.) 



Body oblong- or ovate, more or less comjiressed, the back often ele- 

 vated. -Mouth rather small, terminal, low. Incisors broad or narrow, 

 truncate, entire or more or less eraarginate, sometimes serrate in the 

 young-; a series of smaller teeth behind them. Molar teeth mostly in 2 

 or 3 rows. No teeth on vomer or palatines. Scales moderate. Dorsal 

 spines mostly 12, strong, depressible in a groove. Procumbent dorsal 

 spine present or absent ; anal spines rather strong. Caudal fin forked. 

 Gill rakers short and slender. Branchiostegals G. Intestinal canal short. 

 Pyloric cceca few. Carnivorous species ; abundant in the Atlantic, many 

 of them highly valued as food. {!)t~X6<>q^(\.onh\Q] 6doh<;, tooth; the teeth 

 of two sorts.) 

 a. lucisor teeth very narrow, entire, ('^(enotomuat Gill.) 



881. D. arg^yi'ops (L.) J. & G. — Scuj); Scuppaug ; Porgce. 



Brownish, somewhat silvery below, everywhere with bright reflec- 

 tions, but without distinct markings in the adult; soft parts of ver- 

 tical tins somewhat mottled with dark; young faintly barred; axil 

 dusky. Body ovate, comj)ressed, the back elevated, the axis of the 

 body near the middle of its depth. Head deep. Eye narrower than 

 the preorbital. Mouth small, terminal, the maxillary extending to 

 opposite the posterior nostrils. lucisor teeth very narrow, almost con- 



*Iu three series according to C. & V. The original type is now lost, but a memo- 

 raudnni by Aug. I)uni6ril, preserved in the Museum at Paris, states that the speciiucu 

 ■was a "Par/j-rfs" (with two rows of molars), and not a '' ChriiHophryH" (with three). 



t"Vl. Gen. DipJochts. Una sola ala dorsale jtrincipando vicino al cai)o, un apendice 

 squamosa vicino ad ogui ala toracina. Onserv. Coutiene il Sparun annularis di Liuueo, 

 ed Sp. varicgatiiH di Laci^jtedc." (Iiafinesqite.) 



tGill, Canadian Naturalist, August, lh'65: type Sjyarus argyropn'L. {dzavoi, nar- 

 row; Tonoi, cutting.) 



