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RUFOUS-BANDED SPARUS. 



Sparus Hurta, S. cauda bifida, corporefasciis transversis rubris, 

 dentibus laniariis exsertis. Lin. Gmel. p. 12/2. 



Fork-tailed Sparus, witli red transverse bands, and front teeth 

 exserted. 



HABIT broad and thin : dorsal fin occasionally 

 withdrawn into a longitudinal furrow : fore-teeth in 

 the upper jaw prominent and strong : body marked 

 by a few transverse reddish bands : native of the 

 Mediterranean. 



SPINED SPARUS. 



Sparus Spinifer. S. argenteo-rubescens, dorso Uneisqve corpora 

 obscurioribus, spinis dorsalibus quinque mcdiis elongatis. 



Reddish- Silvery Sparus, with the back and lines on the body 

 dusky, and the five middle spines of the dorsal fin elongated. 



Sp. spinifer. Lin. Gmel. Forsk. Arab. p. 32. 



SHAPE ovate : scales large : front-teeth in each 

 jaw four, conic, strong, and remote : length a foot 

 and half: native of the Red sea, inhabiting deep 

 places : esteemed a very delicious fish for the table, 



