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BULL- EYED SPAUUS. 



Sparus Boops. *V. olivaceo-Jlavus, subtus argenteus, lateribus 



aureo longitudinalitcr striatis. 

 Olivaceous-yellow Sparus, silvery beneath, with longitudinal 



gold-coloured streaks along the sides. 

 Sp. boops. Lin. Gmel. 



HABIT longish and subcylindric : colour olivace- 

 ous yellow, varying in splendour at different sea- 

 sons: front teeth in the upper jaw obtuse and denti- 

 culated : native of the Mediterranean, but found 

 also in the Indian seas. 



SARB SPARUS. 



Sparus Sarba. 5. ovato-oblongus argenteus, vittis longitudinali- 

 bus, subfusds, linea aurea utrinque ad pinnas ventralcs. 



Ovate-oblong silvery Sparus, with longitudinal brownish bands, 

 and a gold-yellow line on each side near the ventral fins. 



Sp. Sarba. Lin. Gmel. Forsk. Arab. p. 31. 



SCALES large : front-teeth close, conic : ventral 

 fins yellow : dorsal recumbent occasionally in a 

 longitudinal channel. Native of the Arabian seas. 



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