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FASCIATED SPARUS. 



Sparus Fasciatus. S. elongato-snbquadratus albidus, subnigru 

 transi'ersim fasciatus f pintiis nigro marginatis. 



Lengthened subquadrate Sparus, with transverse dusky bands, 

 and fins edged with black. 



Sparus fasciatus. Block, t. 'Itf. 



A SINGULAR and curious species : size rather 

 large : shape squarish-elongated : scales very large : 

 head, gills, and abdomen cinereous, finely freckled 

 with small whitish specks, as are also the edges 

 of the fins : orbits of the eyes radiated with pale 

 diverging streaks : dorsal and anal fin somewhat 

 dilated behind, and stretching towards the tail, 

 which is strongly lunated. Native of Japan. 



ABILDGAARD S SPARUS. 



Sparus Abildgaardi. S. albidus dor so subfusco, squamls magnis 



hex a go ids. 



Whitish Sparus, with dusky back, and large hexagonal scales. 

 Sparus Abildgaardi. Bloc/i. t. 2.09. 



SIZE and shape of a Carp : scales very large, and 

 hexagonal ; but those on the head and gill-covers 

 are rounded : lateral line ramified on each scale 

 over which it passes, and interrupted a little before 

 the tail : eyes blueish ; orbits radiated in a singular 

 manner round the lower half by a series of tubular 

 pores : native of the American seas, and named by 

 Dr. Bloch from Professor Abildgaard, by whom the 

 drawing was communicated. 



