DESCRIITION OF Till: SIIHF.I" S-llKAlt. '219 



the latorul line is parallel to the dorsal outline ; tUv jur-ajjcrrnlum 

 is broadly rouiuleil, the oprrcu/inn einar^iuate. in front of each 

 jaw it has several larj^e quadrilateral cuttinj; teeth, and inside of 

 these, both aliove and below, as well as on the pharvuf^eals, are 

 many series of larj,'i'-paved ^'riudiis. 



Its dorsal tin has twelve spinous and eleven soft rays; its 

 pectorals, fifteen soft; ventrals, one spinous aud five soft ; its anal, 

 three spiuous aud teu soft; aud its caudal, seveutecu soft rays. 



In colour it is of a didl silver, with copi)ery fleams on the 

 back, with tive slightly arched bands of a darker colour crossing 

 the back and tail. The irides are l;rown, the pupils black, 

 girdled with a golden ring. 



The tins arc all deep brown or blackish ; the head and fore- 

 head black, with golden grecu rctlcctions; the chin marked witli 

 snuitty patches, from some fancied resemblance of which to a 

 Moorlaud sheep's face, its trivial name is derived. 



