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the lateral line is parallel to the dorsal outHne ; the pre-operculum 

 is broadly rounded, the operculum emarginate. In front of each 

 jaw it has several large quadrilateral cutting teeth, and inside of 

 these, both above and below, as well as on the pharyngeals, are 

 many series of large-paved grinders. 



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

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

 three spinous and ten soft ; and its caudal, seventeen soft rays. 



In colour it is of a dull silver, with coppery gleams on the 

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

 the back and tail. The irides are brown, the pupils black, 

 girdled with a golden ring. 



The fins are all deep brown or blackish ; the head and fore- 

 head black, with golden green reflections ; the chin marked with 

 smutty patches, from some fancied resemblance of which to a 

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



