18. PAGKUS. 471 



8. Pagrus auriga. 



Pagriis bertheloti, Valenc. in Webb 8f Berthel. Hist. Nat. lies Canar. 



Poiss. p. 33. 

 .auriga, Valenc. in Webb ^ Bert/iel. Hist. Nat. lies Canar. Poiss. 



p. 34; Guichen. Explor. Scient. Alyer. Poiss. p. 49. pi. 4. f. 1, 



D. i|. A.|. L. lat. 50. L. transv. G/15. 



The greatest depth of the body is beneath the sixth dorsal spine, 

 where it is 2f in the total length ; the diameter of the eye is one- 

 fourth the length of the head. There are eight scries of scales be- 

 tween the praeorbital and the angle of the praeopcrculum. The lengtli 

 of the pectoral is 3| in the total ; the third and fourth dorsal spines 

 filiform, the former |^— 4 of the depth of the body, lied ; back some- 

 times sparingly spotted with blue. 



Canarj' Islands ; Madeira ; Mediterranean. 



a. Skeleton. Madeira. Presented by the Rev. R.. T. Lowe. 



b. Half-grown. Orotava (Tencriffe). Presented by the Rev. R. T. 



Lowe. 



c. Very fine specimen. Orotava. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 



— These specimens do not show the cross-bands mentioned by 

 Valenciennes. 

 '/. Young : bad state ; has been in chloride of zinc. From the Haslar 

 Collection. — With brown cross-bands. 



Pafjrtis bertheloti and aurvja are the same fish according to the 

 observations of the Rev. R. T.. Lowe, the former representing old 

 specimens of the latter. In specimen c, which is twelve inches long, 

 the third dorsal spine also is more than one-half the height of the 

 body, whilst in the fishes on which Pagrus bertheloti was founded, 

 the length of the same spine is 2| in the height of the body. 



9. Pagrus ehrenbergii. 

 Cue. ^- Val. vi. p. 155. 



^■'i- '^'hcrjvr.r L. lat. 54. 



The height of the body is 3g in the total length. The first two 

 dorsal spines short, but very consincuously prominent between the 

 scales; the third, fourth, and fifth spines elongate and filiform, the 

 former of which is the longest, and sometimes renches backwards to 

 the soft portion of the fin. Red ; back covered Avith blue spots. 



Mediterranean. 



(J.Young. Coast of Africa. From the Haslar Collection. 

 b. Adult : stuffed : not good state. 



10. Pagrus filamertosus. 

 Cm. ^ Val. vi. p. 158. 



D.iH. A.|. L. lat. 54. L. transv. (i/ 15. 

 The height of the body is 2\ in the total length, the length of t)i<- 



