19. PAGELLU3, 4bl 



(j. Pagellus mormyrus. 



Mnpfivpoi, Arktut. vi. cap. 17 ; Athen. vii. p. 313. 



M(5p/xiiXos, Opj)ian, i. v. 100. 



Momi-sTus, Pliti. xxxii. cap. 11 ; Bellon. p. 183 ; Rondel, v. c. 22. 



p. 153 ; Salv. f. 184 ; Gemer, p. 547 ; Aldrov. ii. c. 10. p. 184 ; Wil- 



lughby, p. 329 ; Rmj, p. 134. 

 Spams, no. 9, Artedt, Geneiri, p. 37. 

 Sparus mormyrus, L. Syst. Nat. p. 472 ; Briinn. Pise. Mass. p. 9<) 



L. Gm. p. 1279 ; Bl. Schi. p. 277 ; Martens, JReise nach Vencdiij 



ii. p. 425. 

 i'ajp'us monn}'rus, Geoffr. Descr. Eg. Poiss. pi. 18. f. 3. 

 Pagellus mormyrus, Cuv. ^ Val. vi. p. 200; Webb ^^ Berthelof, ilist 



Nat. lies Canar. Poiss. p. 35 ; Guichen. Explor. Seient. Aly^r. Puisti 



p. 51. 

 Pagellus goreensis, Cuv. ^- Val. vi. p. 203. 

 pernambucensis, Cue. Sf Val. vi. p. 210. 



D. ||. A.^. L. lat. 63-G5. L. transv. 6/12-14. Vert. 10/14. 



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

 head 3| ; the diameter of the eye is one-fifth of the length of the 

 head, 2^ in that of tlie snout, and 1 g in the distance between the 

 eyes. The mouth is very protractile, and the upper maxillary bent, 

 with the concaAity downwards and forw^ards. Tlic molar teeth in foiu 

 series in the upper jaw, and in two or tliree in the lower. Silvery, 

 shining golden, with seven narrow blackish cross-bars, and some 

 times with seven other more indistinct ones between. 



MediteiTanean ; Canary Islands ; North-west coast of Africa ; 

 Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



a. Fine specimen. Lanzarote. From the CoUeetion of the Rev. K. 



T. Lowe. 



b. Adult: not good state. Sicily. Presented by W. Swain.son, Esq 



0, d. Young. Malta. From the Haslar Collection. 

 e. Half- grown. Dalmatia. 



/. HaLf-gi'Own : skin. Mediterranean. From the Collection of the 



Zoological Society. 

 g. Half-grown: skin : bad state. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 

 h. Young : skin. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 

 i. Adult : bad state. (Cape of Good Hope ?) From the Haslar 



Collection. 

 k. Adult: skeleton. From the Haslar Collection. 



In all the specimens I found the number of the dorsal spines and 

 the dentition as stated by Valenciennes for P. goreensis, which, 1 

 have no doubt, is identical wdth P. mormyrus. 



The following South American specimens, probably identical with 

 Pagellus pernambucensis, do not differ from those of the other side 

 of the Atlantic Ocean. 



1, m. Half-grown. St. Vincent. From Mr. Maogillivray's Collection. 

 a. Half-grown : skeleton. St. Vincent. From Mr. Macgilli\'ray*s 



Collection. 



Sh'h'ton. — I cannot ugree with Valenciennes" viow. that tlii^ ske- 



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