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ADRIATIC SPARUS. 



Sparus Adriaticus. S. pallidus, fasciis quatuor transversis lati* 



fu-scis, pinna Jor.sali postice nigro-ocellata. 

 Pale Sparus, with four broad transverse brown bands, and 

 dorsal fin marked at the back part by an ocellate black spot. 

 Labrus Adriaticus. Lin. Gmel. 



A SMALL species, about three inches in length : 

 head marked by oblique fulvous stripes : teeth 

 small : ventral and anal fin black, but the latter 

 tipped with yellow. Native of the Mediterranean. 



MAGNIFICENT SPARUS. 



Sparus Magnificus. S. argetrteus, fasciis ocfo transversis fuscis. 

 Silvery Sparus, with eight transverse brown bands. 

 Perca nobilis. Lin. 



COLOUR bright silver ; banded as expressed in 

 the specific character : spiny rays of the dorsal fin 

 silvery : native of the American seas : extremely 

 allied to the Chaetodons. 



POLYMNA SPARUS. 



Sparus Polynana. S. niger, fasciis tribus transversis albis. 



Black Sparus, with three transverse white bands. 



Perca Polymna. Lin. Anthias Polymna. Block. C. 'llQ.f. 1.3. 



HABIT broad : considerably allied to the Chag- 

 todons : length about four inches : scales of mode-? 



