510 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AMI) FISHERIES. 



ANALYSIS (»r AMKIMCA.N SI'Kt IK.s (i| SI'AKI'S. 



a. Molar teetli in two series; li^t-tli iMliiiidllic, ciiiiiiits slender; scjiIck liirj;*-. (al)()ut 

 55). (Patjrus.) 

 b. Porwal si)incs not t!l()n<jja(« ; second anal spiin) Ktron;:;('r but not longer than third, 

 about l inliead; j)cctoral lin elongate, reacliing about to fourth soft ray of 

 anal. Body oblong, tlio back moderately elevated, the profile parabolic; jtro- 

 orbital deep: I), xil, 10; A. in, 8. Scales fi-56-13. Life color, golden olive; 

 the middle of each scale i)inkiBh, so that the tisli appears red; sides and below 

 llushetl silvery ; many scahis of back ami sides each with a round jturi)lish-blue 

 spot, these forming streaks along the rows of scales; lins mostly reddish. 



Pagrus, 110. 



110. SPARUS PAGRUS. (Red Porgy.) 



Sjiarus pagrns L., Syst. Nat., ed. x, 1758, and of many authors. 



Sparus argcntcHs Bloch & Schneider, 1801, 271. 



Pagrus argenteus, Cuvier, Rogne Animal, i, 1817, 272. 



Pagriis rnhjaris Cuv. «fe Val., Ti, 142, 1830, and of most European writers. 



Pagrits argenteus, Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1879, 133 (Pcnsacola). 



Sparus pagruH, Jordan, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1882, 278 (Pensacola) and elsewhere. 



Habitat: Soutlieiu Europe and South Atlantic and (xulf coasts of 

 the United States. 



Etymology: -dypn^^ pagrus^ the old name, which has become piirgo 

 and porijy in modern tongues. 



This species, common in southern Europe, has been several times 

 taken on the snapper banks about Pensacola. There seems to be no 

 difference between American and European specimens, except that in 

 European descriptions we find no allusion to the blue spots character- 

 istic of the American fish. 



