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FAGRE SPARUS. 



Sparus Pagms. S. roseus, maculis duabus nigrts ulrinqve ad 



opercula. 

 Rose-red Spams, with two black spots on each side near the 



gill- covers. 

 Sparus Pagrus. Lin. Block, t. 267. 



HABIT of Sparus Aurata, but of a somewhat longer 

 shape : size that of a Carp : colour beautiful rose- 

 red, with numerous longitudinal streaks of a deeper 

 red : abdomen silvery, slightly marked by yellowish 

 longitudinal streaks : eyes large and silvery. Native 

 of the Mediterranean. 



ROUGH SPARUS. 



Spams Dentex. S. subargejitco-Jlavcscens, dorso rubro-fusco, 

 capile virente, dentibus acutis parcis, caninis quatuor. 



Siibargenteo-flavescent Sparus, with reddish-brown back, 

 green head, sharp, smallish teeth, with four large canine in 

 each jaw. 



Sparus Dentex. Lin. Block, t. 26s. 



GENERAL size and shape of a Carp : varies much 

 in colour, being said to grow purple when old, and 

 sometimes white; it is also occasionally spotted and 

 streaked with black : lateral line pretty strongly 

 marked, and curving in the direction of the back : 

 scales middle-sized : tail scaly at the base, and but 

 slightly forked. Native of the Mediterranean, 

 where it arrives at a considerable size, and is a 

 very strong and voracious fish. 



