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LONG-SPINED SCIJENA. 



Sciaena Spinifera. S, rubra, pinnh dorsnllbiis conncxis, capite 

 sphiosOj operculi antcriuris tpina tongissima. Lin. Gmel. 

 Forsk. arab. 



Red Sciaena, with connected dorsal fins., spiny head, and a very 

 long spine jon the anterior gill-cover. 



NATIVE of the Arabian seas, growing to a con- 

 siderable size, and yielding a great quantity of oil : 

 the wounds inflicted by the spine of the gill-covers 

 are said to be very painful. 



JARBUA SCI JENA. 



Scisena Jarbua. S. argentea, vittis utrinqite duabus fuscis in 



annulos super dorsum confluentibus. 

 {Silvery Sciaena, with two brown bands on each side, uniting 



into rings over the back. 

 {Sciaena Jarbua, Lin. Gmel. Forsk. arab. 



MIDDLE of the back marked by a dusky spot : 

 teeth subulate : eyes blue : dorsal fin spotted with 

 black : native of the Arabian seas. 



