SCALY-TAILED SPARUS. 



Sparus Lepisurus. S. niacuUs utrinque duabus fuscis, cauda 



ultra basin squamosa. 

 Sparus with two brown spots on each side, and tail scaled 



beyond the base. 

 S. Lepisure. Cepede. 4. p. 142. 



NATIVE of the Indian seas : mentioned by Cepede 

 from the MSS. of Commerson : dorsal and anal 

 fin scaly at the base ; the tail still more so. 



MOON SPARUS. 



Sparus Luna. S. latus, ruber, dorso cceruleo, laleribus luteo 



variatis, linea laterali lutea. 

 Red Sparus, with broad body, blue back, sides varied with 



yellow, and yellow lateral line. 

 S. Demi-Lune. Cepede. 4. p. 142. 



DESCRIBED by Cepede from a drawing by Plu- 

 mier : size considerable : body deeper than long : 

 pectoral fins twice the length of the ventral : sides 

 marked by several irregular gold-coloured spots : 

 back blue : tail deeply lunated : native of the 

 American seas. 



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