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ANCHOR-TOOTHED SPARUS. 



Sparus Anchorage. S. jla-vescens, fusco transv ersim fasciatus, 



pinnis rubris, dentibus curvatis. 

 Yellowish Sparus, with transverse brown bands, red fins, and 



curved teeth. 

 Sparus Anchorage. Block, t. 



SIZE and shape of a middling Carp : head tinged 

 with red : dorsal fin dusky, with reddish tip, and 

 between the spines of the fore-part are small elon- 

 gations : rest of the fins red : scales rather large : 

 eyes blue. Native of the Indian seas ? 



DOG-TOOTHED SPARUS. 



Sparus Cynodon. S. subargenteo-Jlavescens, pinnis rvbris, denti- 

 bus caninis quatuor in maxilla superiore. 



Subargenteo-flavescent Sparus, with red fins, apd four canine 

 teeth in the upper jaw. 



Sparus Cynodon. Block, t. 278. 



SIZE and shape as in the preceding species : scales 

 rather small than large : fins red, except the back* 

 fin, which is yellow : eyes blue. Native of the 

 Mediterranean. 



