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CORO SCIJENA. 



Sciaena Coro. S. argenteo-ccerukscens, dorso subfusco, cot-pore 



utrinqve striis 0( to trajisversisfusris. 

 Silvery-blueish Sciaena,, with brownish back, and body marked 



on each side with eight transverse brown bands. 

 Sciaena Coro. Block. 



LENGTH from six to twelve inches : habit that of 

 S. Maurltii : scales middle-sized : fins pale : tail 

 slightly forked, yellowish at the base, and dusky at 

 the end. Native of the Brasilian seas. 



CILIATED SCLENA. 



Sciaena Ciliata. S. squamis trapeziformibus, transvcrsim carinatis, 



ciliatis. 



Sciaena with trapezoid, transversely ciliated scales. 

 Sciene ciliee. Cepede. 



MENTIONED by Cepede from a specimen in the 

 Prince of Orange's Museum, but neither size, 

 colours, nor native region, particularized. 



CAPPA SCLENA. 



Sciaena Cappa. S, capitis lateribtis squamarum ordine duplici, 



Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 480. Mus. Ad. Frid. 2. p. 81. 

 Sciaena with a double row of scales on each side the head. 



NATIVE of the Mediterranean : mentioned by 

 Linnaeus in the second part of the Museum Adolphi 

 Friderici. 



