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ova, According to Risso, it is found during the 

 whole year among the rocks on the coast near 

 Nice. 



(Sp. 38.) P. acarne. The Axillary Bream. We 

 are chiefly indebted to Dr. Parnell for the introduc- 

 tion of this fish into the British Catalogue. Ronde- 

 let was familiar with its specific characters; but 

 since his time it has very much been confounded 

 with its congeners, by French and Italian authors : 

 no w T onder therefore that mistakes were committed 

 by the British. Baron Cuvier unravelled the con- 

 fusion ; and now, with ordinary care, this fish may 

 readily be recognised. Mr. Yarrell considers it some- 

 what more common on our shores than the forego- 

 ing species, having been captured in the same lo- 

 calities. In the Edinburgh market it is called a 

 Bream. Dr. Parnell states that this species may be 

 at once distinguished from the rest of British Bream, 

 by the dark spot at the base of the pectorals ; 

 the Braize, with which it is apt to be confounded, 

 has never more than six teeth in the first row in 

 front of each jaw, whereas the Acarne has thirty in 

 the first row of the upper jaw : the Spanish Sea- 

 bream has the origin of the lateral line slightly bent, 

 while the Acarne has the lateral line taking its course 

 at once parallel to the curvature of the back ; the 

 Acarne has the commencement of the lateral line 

 quite plain, while the species next to be described, 

 the CentrodontiiSy has a large black spot at the ori- 

 gin of this line. Mr. Yarrell well observes that 

 this Axillary Bream may be distinguished from the 



