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PANTHER SPARUS. 



Sparus Pantherinus. S. griseus, capite abdomincque nigro-punc- 



tatis. 



Grey Spams, with the head and abdomen speckled with black. 

 Spare pantherin. Cepede. 4. p. 53. 



LOWER jaw elevated against the upper, and fur- 

 nished with four large teeth : head, gill-covers, and 

 abdomen freckled with unequal, round, black spots : 

 neck raised and rounded: native of the Indian 

 seas : observed by Commerson. 



BRACHIATED SPARE. 



Sparus Brachiatus. S. pinms ventralibus basi brachiatis. 

 Sparus with the ventral fins brachiated at the base. 

 Spare brachion. Cepede. 4. p. 1(30. 



MENTIONED by Cepede from the MSS. of Com- 

 merson, who observed it in the Indian seas: neither 

 size nor colours specified : dorsal and anal fin very 

 broad and long : the anal is also marked by small 

 specks : six very large and flat teeth in front of 

 the upper jaw, and eight in the lower : head and 

 gill-covers without scales. 



