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TEN-SPINED SPARUS. 



Sparus Decacanthus. S. fusco-jlavesccns, albo longitudinaHter 

 lineatus, pinna dorsali ramentacea, radiis decem spinosis. 



Yellowish-brown Sparus, with longitudinal white lines, and 

 ramentose dorsal fin with ten spiny rays. 



Labrus striatus. Lin. GmeL Lutianus decacanthus. Cepedc. 



NATIVE of the American seas. 



SCINA SPARUS. 



Sparus Scina. S. virescens, nebulis albis jlavisque, ocidis 



viridibus. 



Greenish Sparus, with white and yellow clouds, and green eyes. 

 Labrus Scina. Lin. Gmcl. Forsk. Arab. 



FRONT-TEETH very large : pectoral fins yellowish, 

 and not spotted : the rest obscurely yellow, spotted 

 with blue : inhabits the Constantinople sea. 



LAPINA SPARUS. 



Sparus Lapina. S.foscus, subtus albicans, Jateribus lined rubro- 



punctata triplici, pinnis pectomlibus jftwvis, ventralibus cceruku, 



cccteris violaceis. 

 Brown Sparus, whitish beneath, with the sides marked by a 



triple red-spotted line, the pectoral fins yellow, the ventral 



blue, and the rest violet. 

 Labrus Lapina. Lin. GmeL Forsk. Arab. 



SHAPE ovate- oblong : head marked on the sides 

 with red spots, and beneath the eyes with blue 

 undulations : inhabits the seas about Constanti- 

 nople. 



