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BLACK-BANDED SPARUS. 



Sparus Chrysomelanos. S. luieus, fasciis novem transfer sis 



fligricantibus. 



Yellow Sparus, with nine transverse blackish bands. 

 Spare chrysomelane. Cepede. 4. p. 53. 



DESCRIBED by Cepede from a drawing by Plu- 

 mier : lower jaw longer than the upper: lips thick: 

 eyes large : all the fins marbled with pale blue and 

 flesh-colour : length four or five decimetres : native 

 of the American seas. 



HEMISPHERIC SPARUS. 



'Sparus Hemisphaericus. S. capite antrorsum hemisphcerico, linea 

 laterali duplici, pinnis pectoralibus dorsaUque macula nigra. 



Sparus with the head hemispherical in front, double lateral 

 line,, and the dorsal and anal fin marked by a black spot. 



S. Hemisphaerium. Cepede. 4. p. 160. 



MENTIONED by Cepede from Commerson : front- 

 teeth in the upper jaw longer than the rest : lateral 

 line double: at the base of the pectoral fins a 

 black spot, and another on the fore part of the 

 dorsal. Native of the Indian seas. 



