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The chinchara or chixarra, fig. 27, a new species of seriola °. The 

 dlodon tigrinus. The impcrador, wliich agrees with Cuvier's brief 

 description of the barber, or serranus anthias, (supposed to be the 

 anthias of the ancients) which, however, does not notice, that the 

 preoperculum finely dentated above, has larger teeth below, a 

 character which approximates it to the genus plectropomes. It in 

 no respect agrees with Bonnaterre's description, or figure of the 

 barber p. The garoupa, or serranus scriba. The requeime, a new 

 species of the scorpana of Schneider ; it resembles the scorpana 

 scrofa, but differs, from its scales being smaller, and from having 

 no fleshy appendices to the head or dorsal line \ The boqiieirao, 

 fig. 26, a new species of smaris\ The spet or esox sphj/rana of 



" Seriola pict.urnta, B. It has no apparent teeth, no scales, and two detached 

 spines in advance of the anal fin ; the dorsal Une is faint, and curved ; branched on 

 one side only until it arrives beneath the middle of the second dorsal fin, where it 

 makes a descent, and is continued in a straight line branched on both sides, and much 

 more pronounced ; the first dorsal fin has seven or eight rays, the second seventeen, 

 both are of a pale brown ; the rays of the caudal are very minute, and its colour is the 

 same as that of the dorsal, with a red tinge ; the anal has fifteen forked rays, and is 

 white ; the ventral is tinged with red, and has five branching rays ; the rays of th^ 

 pectoral are about twenty-five in number, but are two minute to reckon accurately. It 

 is of a hght silvery green, the head of a dark green, the under jaw of a bright silvery 

 appearance ; the back of a dark blue green with a metallic lustre ; the belly is like the 

 under jaw ; the whole fish has a brilliant silvery hue. It is 6 inches long. 



V It is of a brilliant rose colour, with a dash of violet ; the stripes on the head and 

 operculum violet ; the back mottled with yellow ; the fins red, mottled with yellow ; 

 the ends of the dorsal and the middle of the caudal of a bright yellow ; there is a violet 

 mark round the eye. It is 7 inches long, from the lower jaw to the fork of the tail. 



■^ Scorpcena Kuhlii, B. The dorsal fin has eleven spines and eleven rays ; the 

 caudal seventeen rays ; the ventral six rays ; the anal four rays and three spines ; the 

 pectoral seventeen rays. It is of a beautiful yellow red, the caudal fin deeper in 

 colour than the other parts ; the body has a golden hue, and is spotted with brown ; 

 the pectoral fins are red at the top and bottom, but yellow in the middle ; the ventral 

 is entirely red ; the head is shaded with brown ; the whole fish is strongly phosphores- 

 cent. It is 63 inches long. 



' Smarts Royerii. The upper or flat part of the head is curiously ornamented- 



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