19. PAGELLUS. 473 



19. PAGELLUS*. 



Pagellus, Cuv. Sf Veil. vi. p. 169. 



The anterior teeth card-like, without canines, the outer series 

 generally containing larger ones than those behind. Several series 

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

 of the dorsal (eleven to thirteen) can be received in a groove ; three 

 anal spines. Opercles not armed. Scales of moderate size. Six 

 branchiostegals. Pyloric appendages in small number; air-bladder 

 simple, 



Mediterranean; Atlantic (except the shores of North America). 



1. Pagellus erythrinus. 



? 'EpvOpivos, Aristot. 10. cap. 11. 



Erytluiuus, Bellon. p. 185 ; Rondel, v. pap. 16. p. 144 ; Sakian. f. 2.39 ; 



Aldrov. ii. cap. 9. p. 154; Gesttcr, p. 365; Willuyhby, c. 10. p. 811. 



tab. 5. f. 6 ; Ray, p. 134. 

 Sparus, no. 3, Artedi, Genera, p. 36. 

 Spams er) thrinus, Linn. Syst. i. p. 469 ; L. Gm. p. 1272 ; Bl. Schn. 



p. 275; Shaw, Xat. Misc. xx. pi. 834; Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 240; 



Martens, Reise nach Venedig, ii. p. 425 ; Duhanwl, Pechcs, iv. c. 2. 



p. 29. 

 Sparus pagellus, Laccp. iii. p. 86. 

 Pagrus en thrinus, Rissn, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 361. 

 Pagellus erythrinus, Cuv. Sf Vcd. vi. p. 170. pi. 150; Yarrell, Brit. 



Fishes, i. p. 120, fig. cop. from Cuv. Sf Val. (not descript. and 



vignette ; not White) ; Nordm. in Demid. Toy. Rt(ss. 31erid. p. 388 ; 



GuichcH. Explor. Scient. Alqer. Poiss. p. 50 ; Couch in Loudon's May. 



Nat. Hist. v. p. 17. f. 3 ; Parn. Fishes, Firth of Forth, p. 43. pi. 27. 

 Pagellus rostratus, Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 177. 

 Pagrus vidgaris, Yarrell, Brit. Fishes, i. p. 117-119 (descript. and 



vignette, but not figure and synonymy, which belong to the true 



Payrus vnlyaris) ; White, Catal. Brit. Fishes, p. 17 (not synon.). 

 Pagellus canariensis, Valenc. in Webb and Berthelot, Hist. Nat. lies 



Canar. Poiss. p. 35. pi. 10. f. 2. 



D.j|. A.|. L. lat. 60. L. transv. ^^ Caic. pylor. 4. Vert. 10/14. 



The height of the body is 3^- in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3^ ; the diameter of the eye equals the distance between the 

 eyes, and is 3| in the length of the head and 1.] (twice in large 

 specimens) in that of the snout. The pra?orbital is ] | or I3 as long- 

 as high, with the maxillaiy edge shghtly notclied (in adult speci- 

 mens). There are six series of scales between the prajorbital and 

 the angle of the praioperculum. In both jaws two scries of molars 

 only. The posterior nostril ovate. Uniform red. 



Mediterranean ; Black Sea ; coasts of the Peninsula, ol l^'rance 

 and Great Britain ; Canary Islands. [Cape Seas ?] 



a. 19" long : stuffed. Firth of Forth. From Dr. Parnell's Col- 

 lection. 



* 1. Pagellus breviceps, C">: Sf V<il. vi. p. UO. — Mediterranean 



