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SALP SPARUS. 



Sparus Salpa. S. griseo-argentem, dorso subfusco, corpore striis 

 lojigitudinalibus sulrftavis, dentibm superioribus apice bifidis. 



Silvery-grey Sparus, with brownish back, body marked by yellow- 

 ish longitudinal streaks, and upper teeth bifid at the tips. 



Sparus Salpa. Lin. Block, t. 265. 



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SIZE and shape of a Carp; scales rather large: 

 lateral line very distinctly marked : eyes yellow : 

 tail scaly at the base. Native of the Mediter- 

 ranean. 



VIOLET SPARUS. 



Sparus Violaceus. S. violaceus f subtus subargenteiis, 



subfuscis, oculis jtavis . 

 Violet- coloured Sparus, silvery beneath, with brownish fins 



and yellowish eyes. 

 Sparus chrysops. Block, f. 248. 



SIZE and shape of a Carp, but rather longer 

 bodied in proportion : scales rather large : lateral 

 line interrupted near the tail : native regions un- 

 known : introduced into the ichthyology of Dr. 

 Bloch on the authority of a drawing in the col- 

 lection of Mr. Link of Leipzic. 



