CHINESE SPARUS. 



. ' Sparus Sinensis. S. ruber, lineis quatuor longitudinalihusfla'vis, 



abdomine flavo , canda supra radio elongato nudo. 

 Red Sparus, with four longitudinal yellow lines, abdomen 

 yellow, and tail furnished at the upper part with a long 

 naked ray. 



MENTIONED by Cepede from the same Chinese 

 drawings which afforded the former species : pec- 

 toral and ventral fins yellow. 



BUFONITE SPARUS. 



Sparus Bufbnites. S. pallidus, striis utrinque longitudinalibus 



numerosis fuscis , 

 Pale Sparus, with numerous longitudinal brown lines on each 



side. 

 Sp. Bufonite. Cepede. 4. p. 143. 



DESCRIBED by Cepede from Commerson, who 

 presented its figure to the Count de Buffon : habit 

 that of a Gilthead, and the pavement of molares * 

 in the mouth exactly resembling those of the Gilt- 

 head : all that is said of the colour of this species is 

 that on each side are eleven or twelve longitudinal 

 stripes. 



* These, when found fossil, are often termed bufonites, as 

 well as those of the Anarhichas Lupus or Wolf-fish. 



