178 REV. R. T. LOWE’S SYNOPSIS 
subproducto, ore prominente ; dentibus molaribus biseriatis : preoperculo basi angu- 
lato ; limbo punctato et striato, striis rectis, equidistantibus : lined laterali utrinque 
curvatd, antice immaculaté. 
8v.4+I1X 
Rara. 
The teeth are truly those of a Pagellus, those in front exactly resembling the 
front teeth in Pagel. centrodontus. In other respects it much resembles Pagrus 
orphus, Cuv. & Val. vi. 150. t. 149. 
Cantharus griseus, Cuv. § Val.—‘‘ Choupa,” Cuv. § Val. vi. 333. 
Pagrus lineatus, Flem. Brit. Anim., p. 211. No. 138. 
The Black Bream, Yarr. i. 114. Sat frequens. 
Box vulgaris, Cuv. § Val.—‘‘ Boga,” Cuv. & Val. vi. 348. t. 161. 
Sparus Boops, Linn. i. 469. Vulgatiss. 
Box salpa, Cuv. § Val.—‘‘ Saléma,” Cuv. & Val. vi. 357. t. 162. 
Sparus Salpa, Linn. 470. Vulgaris. 
One of the handsomest but most worthless of fishes. 
Oblada melanura, Cuv. § Val.—‘‘ Dobrada,” or ‘‘ Dobradiga,’’ Cuv. & Val. vi. 366. t. 
162 bis. 
Sparus Melanurus, Linn. i.468. Vulgaris. 
This fish has the rather anomalous character of having the lower lobe of the 
caudai fin larger, or with one more long ray than the upper. 
Fam. Manip. 
Smaris Royeri, Bowd.—‘‘ Bocairao,” or ‘‘ Boqueiraio.”’ 
Sm. Royeri, Bowd. Exc. in Mad., p. 123. f. 26.—Cuv. & Val. vi. 421. 
Sm. insidiator, Cuv. & Val. vi. 414. 
Sm. angustatus, Cuv. & Val. (Scizna angustata, Soland. Park.) vi.421. Vulgatiss. 
There can be little doubt that the above three synonyms belong to one and 
the same species, viz. the very common Bocairao of Madera, of which the follow- 
ing is the correct fin-formula : 
D.13v.12+10v.9; A.3+ 10; P.18v.17; V.1+5; C.17; M.B.6; Vert.24. 
The Portuguese name, signifying ‘‘ a gulph, whirlpool, pit, abyss, or swallow,” 
(Vieyra), is probably derived from ‘‘ Boca,” ‘‘a mouth, hole, or opening,” V., 
and no doubt refers to the peculiarly protractile mouth, instead of ‘‘ denoting 
that it is found in deep waters,” as supposed by Bowdich. 
Fam. Bramips, nob. in Trans. of the Cam. Phil. Soc. 
Gen. Potymrxta, nob. 
Corpus elliptico-oblongum compressum ; squamis asperrimis, sat magnis. 
