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HAMRUR SPARUS. 



"Sparus Hamrur. S. cupreo-ruber, pinnis obscurioribus, ore sub- 



verticali. 

 Copper-red Sparus, with darker-coloured fins, and sub vertical 



mouth. 

 Sciaena Hamrur. Lin. Forsk. Arab. 



SCALES small and membranaceous at the margin : 

 teeth small, subulate, and of equal size : tail 

 lunated. Native of the Arabian seas. 



DIAGRAM SPARUS. 



Sparus Diagramma. S. aUms f fasciis hngitudinalibitsfuscis. 



White Anthias, with longitudinal brown bands. 



Perca Diagramma. Lin. Anthias Diagramma. Block. 



SIZE of a Perch : colour white, elegantly marked 

 on the upper part by four or five longitudinal deep- 

 brown bands : fins and tail varied with brown. In 

 the living fish the bands are probably yellow, since 

 in the Systema Naturae they are so described : in 

 spirits however they appear brown : scales small : 

 native of the Indian seas ? 



