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BROAD SPARUS. 



Sparus Latus. S.Jtavicans, capite argenteo, squamis longitudi- 

 naliter imbricatis. Lin. Gmel. p. 1276. 



Yellowish Sparus , with silvery head with longitudinally-imbri- 

 cated scales. 



A SMALL species : length three inches : habit 

 broad and thin. Native of the Japanese sea. 



VIRGATED SPARUS. 



Sparus Virgatus. S. dcpressus, oblongus, squamis virgatus. 

 Depressed, oblong Sparus, with the scales disposed in rows. 

 Sp. virgatus. Lin. Gmel. 



ALLIED to the Salp Sparus : head obtuse : native 

 of Japan. 



HASSARA SPARUS. 



Sparus Hassara. S. argenteus, lincis longitudinalibus fusco- 



Jianescentibus. 

 S. Hassara. Lin. Gmel. Forsk. Arab. 



LENGTH about a span : on each side fourteen 

 dusky streaks : front-teeth in each jaw strong, re- 

 mote, obtuse : native of the Arabian seas, and 

 esteemed for the table. 



