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SPARID.E. 



myself of the drawing by Mr. Walcott, taken from an Eng- 

 lish specimen, but the wood-block had been engraved when 

 the MS. and its illustrations came into my hands. 



The teeth of this genus are represented in the vignette 

 at the bottom of the page, but the teeth there figured belong 

 to the next species of this genus, — the Sea Bream. 



The colour of this fish when alive is a fine carmine red on 

 the back, passing into rose colour on the sides, and becoming 

 almost silvery white on the belly ; the membranes of the 

 fins are rose colour, the anal and ventral fins being paler than 

 the others. 



