22. «MARis, 387 



head 4\; the diameter of. the eye is one-fourth of the latter. The 

 height of the dorsal is 2| in that of the body. Lead-coloured, with 

 indistinct longitudinal stripes ; a black blotch beneath the lateral line. 

 Mediterranean. 



a. Adult. Sicily. Presented by W. Swainson, Esq. 



b-e. Adult and half-grown. Malta. From the Haslar Collection. 



/. Adult female': not good state. Malta. 



g. Adult. 



h, i. Adult : stuffed. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



k. Adult: stuffed. 



2. Msena vomeriua. 



Ciw. Sf Val. vi. p. 400. pi. 164. 



D. H. A. -|. L. lat. 60-65. L. transv. 20. Caec. pylor. 4. 



The vomerine teeth are arranged in a small patch on the anterior 

 part of the bone. The height of the body is Sf in- the total, the 

 length of the head 4i ; the diameter of the eye is one-third of the 

 latter ; the spinous dorsal half as high as the body. Coloration 

 uniform. ( Val. ) 



Malta. 



3. Maena zebra. 



? Sparus lineatiis, Osheck, Act. Nov. Nat. Curios, iv. 1770, p. 100 * 

 Sparus zebra, Briinn. Pise. Mass. p. 47 ; Bl. Schn. p. 279. 



osbeckii, Lacep. iv. pp. 33, 109 ; Bisso, Ichth. Nice, p. 246. 



massiliensiS; Lacep. iv. p. 107. 



tricuspidatus, Spinola, Ann. Mus. x. pi. 18. 



gora, Risso, Ichth. Nice, 2nd edit. p. 357. 



Msena osbeckii, Cuv. fy Val. vi. p. 397 ; Onichen. I. c. 



D. Ji. A. J. L. lat. 70. L. transv. 20. Caec. pylor. 4. Vert. 10/13. 



The height of the body is three times in the total length, the 

 length of the head 4^. Greyish blue : head, body, and vertical fiiis 

 with light-blue spots, those of the cheeks forming radiating series. 



Mediterranean. 



22. SMARISt. 



Smaris, Cuv. Regne Anim. ; Cuv. 8f Val. vi. p. 403. 



Form of the body oblong or cylindrical ; eye moderate or rather 



large; the mouth very protractile, the posterior processes of the 



intermaxillaries extending to the occiput. One dorsal, scaleless, 



with (nine) eleven and more spines, the anal fin with three ; all the 



* It is very doubtful whether the fish described by Osbeck is to be referred to 

 this species, wliich has no lateral blotch, whilst Osbeck says, "Macula nigra 

 utrinque infra lateralem." The fish is called by Osbeck Sp. lineatuR. and not 

 radiaftis, as Valenciennes en'oneously copies from Bonnaterre. 



t 1. Smaris martinicus, Cuv. 4 Val. vi. p. 424.— Martinique. 



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