SYNOPSIS. 359 



belly nearly white ; fins reddish brown, the upper ones 

 set, as it were, in a groove ; pectorals long and narrow ; 

 ventrals triangular ; caudal forked. Fin-rays, D. 1 1 -f 1 1 : 

 P. 14 : V. 1 + 5 : A. 3 + 7 : C. 17.CW. Val, vi. p. 220, 

 pi. 153 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. 127. Spanis dentex, Linn. 

 Toothed Gilt-head, Perm. Brit. Zool., iii. p. 331. Four- 

 toothed Sparus, Don. Brit. Fish., pi. 73. 

 GEN. XX. CANTHARUS. All the teeth small and card-like, 



those of the outer row more robust than the others ; mouth 



lather small ; cheeks scaly : dorsal fin single ; branchiostegous 



eiys six. 



Sp. 41. C. griseus. Black Bream. Dorsal outline very con- 

 vex ; spinous portion of the dorsal fin twice the length of 

 the soft part ; pectorals narrow and pointed, reaching to 

 the vent ; tail forked ; colour bluish or lead-grey, marked 

 with alternate dark and light stripes ; lateral line dark ; 

 dorsal fin pale brown, lodged in a groove ; each side of the 

 nape with a faint golden lunulated mark. Fin-rays, 

 D. 11 + 12 : P. 16 : V. 1 + 5 : A. 3+10 : C. 17. C^r. 

 < Vol., vi. p. 333 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. p. 130. Sparus 

 lineatus, Mont. Mem. Wern. Soc., ii. p. 451, pi. 23. Spa- 

 rus vetula, Couch, Trans. Linn. Soc., xiv. p. 79. Pagrus 

 lineatus, Flem. Brit. An., p. 211. 

 FAM. V. Sqwmmipermce. Scaly-firmed Family. JDorsal and 



anal fins almost entirely covered with scales; body deep and very 



GEN. XXI. BRAMA. Teeth fine and card-like, placed on 

 both jaws, as well as on the palatine bones ; dorsal single, and 

 as well as the anal, long ; branchiostegous rays seven. 



Sp. 42. B. Raii. Ray's Bream. Body very deep at the 

 commencement of the dorsal fin, becoming very slender at 

 the tail ; snout very obtuse ; mouth oblique ; dorsal sub- 

 falcate, the anal resembling it in form ; caudal large and 

 crescent-shaped ; ventrals very small : colour dull silvery, 

 tinged wnth brown on the back ; pectorals and ventrals 

 yellowish. Fin-rays, D. 34 : P. 19 : V. 1 +5 : A. 2 + 28 : 

 C. 17. Cwv. & Vol., vii. p. 210, pi. 190; Yarr. Brit. 



