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SMALL-MOUTHED SPARUS. 



Spnrus Microstomus. S. albidus, fusco-maculatus, capite comco- 



elongato, ore parvo. 

 Whitish Sparus, with conically-elongated head, and small 



mouth. 

 Lutianus Microstomus. Cepede* 



NATIVE of the Indian seas : described by Cepede 

 from Commerson : body covered with minute, 

 irregular, dusky spots. 



INSIDIOUS SPARUS. 



Sparus Insidiator. S. ruler, lateribus jlavescentibus, cauda sub* 



forcipata, rostro longissimo. 

 Red Sparus, with yellowish sides, subforcipated tail, and very 



long snout. 

 Sparus Insidiator. IM, Gmel. 



LENGTH about ten inches : head compressed, 

 scaly : snout very long : mandibles divided, and 

 each furnished in front with two teeth of larger 

 size than the rest : scales on the body rather large : 

 fins yellowish ; the dorsal and anal varied with 

 green stripes : native of the Indian seas, where it 

 preys chiefly on insects, exploding against them a 

 drop of water from its tubular snout, in the same 

 manner as the Ckcetodon rostratus. 



