14. SAllGUS. 437 



14. SARGUS*. 



Sargus, (Klein) Ciiv. Rcyne Anim. ; Cuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 9. 



A single front-row of cutting teeth and several side-rows of rounded 

 molar teeth in both the jaws. Cheeks scaly. The spines of the dorsal 

 (ten to thii'teen) may be received in a gi'oove ; three anal spines. 

 Opercles not armed. Scales of moderate size. Five or six branchio- 

 stegals. Pyloric appendages in small nimiber ; air-bladder some- 

 times notched anteriorly and posteriorly. 



Mediterranean ; warmer parts of the Atlantic ; shores of the 

 United States ; eastern shores of Africa. 



1. Sargus vulgaris. 



Sargus, Gesmr, Aquat. p. 825; Aldrov. pp. 174, 176; Scdoian. f. 179; 



Bellon. p. 244. 

 Sparus sargus, Briinn. p. 38. no. 52. 



piuitazzo, Risso, Eur. Mericl. iii. p. 352. 



Sargus vulgaris, Geoffr. Descr. Ey. pi. 18. f. 2. 



sahiani, Cuv. ^ Val. vi. p. 28 ; Guichenot, Explor. Sc. Alyir. 



Poiss. p. 47 ; Webb ^ Berthelot, Hist. Nat. lies Canar., Poiss. p. 28. 



D. iiiL2 A. ^. L. lat. 55. L. transv. 6/14. Cajc. pylor. 4. 



15-14 14 / LJ 



Vert. 10/14. 



Incisors moderately broad, implanted obliquely. The molars of the 

 upper jaw form two distinct series only. The diameter of the eye is 

 four times or 4| in the length of the head, 1| or If in that of the 

 snout, and 1| in the distance between the eyes. The crown of the 

 head is slightly convex, and there is a small protuberance above the 

 upper anterior angle of the orbit. The prseorbital is broad, and covers 

 entirely the maxillary bone. The pectoral fins extend to, or slightly 

 beyond, the origin of the soft portion of the anal fin, and the ventrals 

 to the vent ; the second anal spine is rather longer, but not stronger, 

 than the third, and Sj in the length of the head. Golden olive- 

 yellow, sometimes silvery, with narrow, slightly wa'n^, golden-yellow 

 longitudinal stripes : a broad black band from the nape to the shoiilder 

 and axil ; a broad black blotch across the back of the tail. 



Mediterranean. 



a. Adult : skin : not good state. Mediterranean. From the Col- 

 lection of the Zoological Society. 



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



/. Half-grown: skin. Malta. From Mr Yarrell's Collection. 



g, h. Very •'fine specimens. Lanzarote. Presented by the Rev. 

 R. T. Lowe. 



/, h. Adult : stuifed. Santa Cruz (Tcncriffe). 



J. Adult. Madeira. From the Haslar Collection. 



m. Adult : bad state. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



n, 0. Half-grown : bad stao>. From the Haslar Collection. 



2^. Adult : not good state : stuffed. 



There is a specimen in the British Museum which so remarkably 

 * 1. Sargus ascensionis, Cuv. (f Val. vi. p. Gl. — Ascension, 



