472 SPARID^. 



head 3| ; the diameter of the eye is less than the distance between 

 the eyes, one-third the length of the head, and 1-^ in that of the 

 snout. There are five series of scales betAveen the pracorbital and the 

 angle of the praeoperculum. The first two dorsal spines verj' short, 

 but projecting between the scales ; the third very elongate, the fourth 

 less ; the fifth not flexible ; the second anal spine stronger and longer 

 than the third, 2| in the length of the head. Uniform red, shining 

 golden ; the spinous dorsal violet. 

 Sea of Mauritius. 



a. Adult. Mauiitius. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



11. Pagms spinifer. 



Sparus spinifer, Fojsk. p. 32 ; L. Gm. i. p. 1273 ; Bl. Sc/tn. p. 281. 

 Russell, li. p. 1. pi. 101. 



Pagrua spinifer, Ctiv. ^- Val vi. p. 150; Rlipp. N. W. Fische, p. 114. 

 lougifilis, Cue. ^- Val. \\. p. 159 ; Bleek. Celeb, iii. p. 756. 



D. j^. A. |. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 22. 



The height of the body is 2| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 4g ; the diameter of the eye is one-third of the latter. The 

 first two dorsal spines very short [and the first not projecting from 

 the scaly sheath of the fiji ?] ; the third very elongate and filiform ; 

 some of the following spines flexible, and in some of the specimens 

 also filiform, but shorter than the third ; the second "and third anal 

 spines nearly equal. Uniform rose-colom-ed ; the spinous dorsal 

 black- edged. 



lied Sea ; East Indian Seas. 



Riippell has not found any pyloric appendages in this species. 

 a. Young. China. — A. ~. 



12. Pagrus argyrops. 



Sparus argyrops, Linn. Si/st. Nat. p. 471; Shaw, Zool. iv. p. 426; SI. 



Schti. p. 277. 

 Schospff, Schrift. Naturf. Freuncle Berlin, viii. p. 153. 

 Sparus xanthurus, Lucep. iv. p. 120. 

 Labrus versicolor, Mitch. IVans. Lit. ^ Phil. Soc. New York, i. 



p. 404. pi. 3. f. 7. 

 Pagrus avg^Tops, Cuv. ^ Val. vi. p. 164 ; Agassiz in Spix, Pise. BrasU. 



p. 117. tab. 64 ; Dekay, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 95. pi. 9. f. 25 ; 



Baird, Ninth Smithson. Report, p. 333; Hulbr. Ichth. iS. Carol, p. 175. 



pi. 25. f. 1. 



D. 1^. A. f!^. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 20-23. 



The height of the body is 2| in the total length. Canine teeth 

 feeble ; molars very small, in two series. The second and third 

 dorsal spines elongate, filiform, the third shoi'ter than the second. 

 Brownish, golden shining ; a narrow, vertical, blackish spot in the 

 middle of each side. 



Atlantic coasts of the United States. 



