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GIBBOUS SPARUS. 



Sparus Gibbus. S. cceruleo aurantioque varius, pinna dorsatt, 



analique nigro-maculatis. 

 Sparus with blue and orange variegations^ and the dorsal and 



anal fin spotted with black. 

 Labrus gibbus. Lin. Gmel. Gibbous Wrasse. Penn* 



DESCRIBED by Mr. Pennant in the British 

 Zoology : shape and size of a Perch, but the back 

 more arched : scales large : dorsal and anal fin 

 sea-green spotted with black : pectoral yellow, 

 crossed with red at the base : ventral and anal 

 large, and of a pea-green colour : native of the 

 British seas. 



OLIVACEOUS SPARUS. 



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Sparus Olivaceus. S. ohvaceo-viridis, stibtus argenteus^ operc&Ks 

 apice macula ccerulea rubro marginata, macula caudall nigra. 



Olive-green Spams, beneath silvery, with the gill-covers marked 

 at the tip by a blue spot edged with red, and a black spot on 

 each side the tail. 



Sparus olivaceus. Lin t Gmel. 



A VERY small species : front-teeth sharp : the 

 middle ones remote : fins of the same colour with 

 the body : tail rufous : native of the Mediter- 

 ranean. 



