480 SPARID^. 



inches, lines. 



Total length 14 G 



Length of the head 4 3 



Height of the body 4 



Diameter of the eye 1 



Length of the fourth dorsal spine 1 G 



4. Pagellus acame. 



? "AKapva, Athcn. viii. cap. 13. 

 ? Acame, Plin. xxxii. cap. 11. 

 Acame, Rondel, xv. cap. 20. p. 151 ; Ihihamel, Pcches, ii. sect. iv. 



c. 2. p. 32. 

 Spams oerda, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 252. 



Pagi'us acame, Cuv. Regne Anim. ; Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 361.. 

 Pagellus acame, Cuv. ^- Val. vi. p. 191 ; Cui\ Regne Anim. III. Poiss. 



pi. 35. f. 1; Guichen. Explor. Scient. Alger. Poiss. p. 51. 



^' TT- ^- To- ^' ^^t. 72. L. transv. 5/13. Vert. 22. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 3| 

 in the total ; the diameter of the eye is nearly equal to the distance 

 between the eyes, rather less than the length of the snout, and 

 3| in the length of the head. The praeorbital is narrower pos- 

 teriorly, its gx-eatest depth being 1| in its greatest length. There 

 are five series of scales between the pra^orbital and the angle of the 

 prseoperculum. In both jaws two series of molars only. Reddish, 

 shining golden ; a deep brownish-red spot in the axil. 



Mediterranean ; from the Canaiy Islands to the coasts of Great 

 Britain. 



a. Fine specimen. Lanzarote. Presented i ■' the Ilev. H. T. Lowe. 



b. Half-grown. Lisbon. 



c. Half-grown. Cornwall. Museum Loach. 



5. Pagellus bogaraveo. 



Sparus bogaraveo, Briinn. Pise. Mass. p. 49; Lac6p. iv. pp. Ill, 112; 



Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 249. 

 Pagms bugaravclla, Risso, Eur. Merid, p. 359. 

 Duhamel, Peches, sect. 4. pi. 1. f. 1. 

 Pagellus bogaraveo, Cuv. 8f Val, vi. p. 19G. 



D.lli^. A.-?-. L. lat. 70. L. transv. 7/14. Vert. 22. 



12-11 11-12 ' 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 3| 

 in the total ; the diameter of the eye is a httle more than the distance 

 between the eyes or than the length of the snout, and is one-third 

 of the length of the head. The pra;orbital is rather narrow and 

 elongate, its greatest depth being 2i in its length There are six 

 scries of scales between the praeorbital and the angle of tlie pi-ac- 

 operculum. In both jaws two series of small molars. Silver}-, back 

 rose-coloured. 



From the Mediterranean to the British Channel. 

 a. Adult. Cadiz. From the Haslar Collection. 

 h. Adult : skin. Mediterranean. From the Collection of the 

 Zoological Society. 



