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MARKED SPARUS. 



Sparus Notatus. S. Jlavescem fusco maculatus, macula utrinque 



nigra ad basin cauflce. 

 Yellowish Sparus, spotted with brown, and with a black spot 



on each side the base of the tail. 

 Lutianus notatus. Block, t. 25 1./. 2. 



LENGTH about five inches : scales of moderate 

 size : orbit surrounded with tubular pores : dorsal 

 and caudal fin striped with brown : native of the 

 Indian seas. 



LINK IAN SPARUS. 



Sparus Linkii. S. violaceus, abdomine subargenteo, rostra sub- 



elongate, pinnis pectoralibus rotundatis. 

 Violaceous Sparus, with subargenteous abdomen, subelongated 



snout, and rounded pectoral tins. 

 Lutianus Linkii. Block, t. 252. 



LENGTH near a foot : scales rather large : eyes 

 blue : lips doubled : teeth small : fins pale. Native 

 region unknown : described by Bloch from the 

 Linkiaa collection. 



