•444 SPARID^. 



4. Sarg^s vetula. 



Scarus, Rondel, vi. cap. 2. p. 164; Willuyhhy, i. p. 305. § 11. 

 Saxgus vetula, Cuv. 8/- Fed. vi. p. 48 ; Gitichen. Explor. Sc. Alyer. Poiss. 



p. 47 ; Wehb &■ Berthclot, Hist. Nut. des lies Canar. Poiss. p. 29 (not 



pi. a f. 2). 



J), i-;. A. f3. L. lat. 75-80. 



Four series of molar teeth in the upper jaw and three in the 

 lower. The space between the eyes slightly convex. A brown 

 spot on the sujjrascapula, another on the angle of the operculum ; a 

 black blotch across the back of the tail ; vcntrals black. 



Mediterranean. 



5. Sargus lineatus. 



? Cuv. (§• Val. vi. p. 59.— [?? Cuv. Rhyne Anim. Ill Poiss. pi. 34. f. 1.] 



13 13 



Incisors moderately broad, implanted in an obUq^^ direction, 

 eight in each jaw. The distance between the origin of the dorsal 

 and the occiput is much more than that between the occiput and 

 the end of the snout. Body with four or five very narrow black 

 cross-streaks ; tail with a broad black band ; base of the pectoral and 

 ho ventral fins black. 



Coast of Brazil ? 



a. Fine specimen. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



6. Sargus noct. 



Sargus noct, (Uhrenbery) Cuv. ^- Val. vi. p. 51 ; Rilpp. N. W Fische, 

 p. 110 J Guichen. Explor. Sc. Alyer. Poiss. p. 47. 



D. j|. A. f^. Cffic. pylor. 5. Vert. 10/13. 



Eight mcisors in the upper jaw, six in the lower ; foiu" series of 

 molars in the upper, three in the lower. Dorsal spiiies rather strong, 

 the rays of the dorsal and anal fin short. On each side of the tail, 

 on the lateral line, a roimd black spot. 



Eed Sea : Mediterranean. 



Valenciennes describes the air-bladder as simple ; but lliippell 

 mforms us that it is bifurcate anteriorly and posteriorly. 



a. Adult: stufi*ed: not good state. Red Sea. Presented by J. 

 Bui-ton, Esq. 



7. Sargus argenteus. 



Cuv. ct Val. vi. p. GO. 



D. i|. A. ^. L. lat. 65. L. transv. 9/1 G. 



Incisors moderately broad, implanted in a rather obIi(iue diiection ; 

 three scries of molars in the ujiper jaw, two in the lower. The 



