THE SEA BREAMS 



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hard-shelled mollusks, crustaceans, or sea urchins. Known there as dentice, these 

 fishes form part of the bill of fare on the tables of hotels in Southern Italy. 

 G'lth d "^ s our exam Pl e f tne fourth subfamily which contains several 



genera, among which Pagrus is the typical one, we select the gilt- 

 heads (C/irysophrys} , so called on account of the golden spots between the eyes of 

 the Mediterranean C. aurata, a species which occasionally wanders to the British 



SARGO AND GII/THEAD. 

 (One- third natural size.) 



coasts, and is shown in the lower figure of our illustration. The group is character- 

 ized by the presence of conical teeth in the front of the jaws, and of molars on their 

 sides, the palate being toothless; while the genus under consideration is distin- 

 guished by having scales on the cheeks, and at least three rows of upper molars. 

 The Mediterranean gilthead, which ranges southward as far as the Cape, is a hand- 

 some fish, with a short and elevated head, the body deepest at the commencement 



