14. SARGUs. 447 



e. Adult: not good state. Guatemala. Pui'chased of Mr. Frank. 



/. Adult : bad state. Puerto Cabello. Purchased of Mr. Brandt. 



g-i. Adult : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Pamell's Collection. 



h. Adult. From the Ha^lar Collection. 



I. Half-gro-\vn : bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 



m. Adult: stuffed. 



Sheleton. — The skeleton differs very little from that of S. vulgaris. 

 The occipital crest and the neural spines are not quite so elevated as 

 in that species, and the upper maxillary bone is not pierced by a 

 foramen. The length of tne abdominal portion of the vertebral 

 column is to that of the caudal as 1 : 1*3. The length of the first 

 in.terh8emal equals that of the first vertebra to the seventh. 



12. Sargus ovis. 



Sparus, Schoepff, Schriften der Gesellsch. Nat. Freunde, viii. p. 152. 

 Sparus ovis, Mitch. Tram. Lit. ^ Phil. Soc. Netv York, i. p. 392. pi. 2. 



f. 5. 

 Sargus ovis, Cuv. i§* Val. vi. p. 53 ; Storer, Report, p. 36 ; Dekay, Netv 



York Fauna, Fishes, p. 89. pi. 8. f. 23 ; Holbr. Ichth. S. Carol, p. 51. 



pi. 8. f. 2. 



^•IVJ^y ^'W L-lat.46. L. transv. 8/18. 



Incisors broad, quadrilateral. A recumbent spine in front of the 

 dorsal. The diameter of the eye is six times in the length of the 

 head, and 2| in that of the snout. The distance between the eyes 

 is more than twice their diameter*. Th^ pectoral fins extend 

 nearly to the origin of the anal fin. The second anal spine is longer 

 and stronger than the third, about one-third the length of the head. 

 Body with five blackish cross-bars. 



a. Twenty-two inches long: stuffed. N. America. Presented by 



Edward Doubleday, Esq. 

 h. Adult : skin. From Gronov's Collection. 



13. Sargus rhomboides. 



Sparus rhomboides, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 427 ; SJiato, Zool. iv. p. 447 : 

 Schoepff, Schrift. der Naturf. Freunde Berlin, viii. p. 153. 



Sargus rhomboides, Cuv. 8f Val. vi. p. 68. pi. 143, cop. by Dekay, 

 New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 93. pi. 71. f. 228. 



Lagodon rhomboides, Holbr. Ichth. S. Carol, p. 56. pi. 8. f. 1. 



D.l^. A. A Caec.pylor. 4. 



A recumbent spine before the dorsal fin. Incisors mdderately 

 broad, each with a notch ; two series of molars in each jaw. Body 

 with longitudinal stripes, and sometimes with several dusky cross- 

 bars. A black blotch at the origin of the lateral line. 



Southern shores of the United States. 



* These measurements are taken from the very large specimen in the British 

 Museum, and may be found different in younger individuals. 



