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ERUNNICH'S SPARUS. 



Sparus Brunnichii. S.fuscus. llneis maculisque cceruleis. 

 Brown Sparus, with blue lines and spots. 

 Labrus fuscus. Lin. Gmel. 



A SMALL species of a compressed oblong shape : 

 head sharp : mouth small : teeth sharp : dorsal and 

 anal fin brown, spotted with blue : pectoral rufous 

 with blue tips : ventral red : anal rufous spotted 

 with blue : native of the Mediterranean. 



MARSEILLES SPARUS. 



Sparus Massiliensis. S. olivaceus, ccerulco longitudinaliter line- 



atus, macula nigra versus jinem pinnce dorsalis. 

 Olivaceous Sparus, lineated longitudinally with brown, and 



with a black spot towards the end of the dorsal fin. 

 Labrus unimaculatus. Lin> Gmel. 



A SMALL species of about three inches in length : 

 number of blue lines about ten ; a variety is men- 

 tioned by Brunnich, which is said to be reticulated 

 as it were with dull red and silvery-green : native 

 of the Mediterranean. 



