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S. vulgaris, Cuv. (Sp. Smarts, Lin.) Body grayish-red above, sil- 

 very below,, with a black spot on each side. 10 inches long. In- 

 habits Mediterranean sea Shaw, iv. 418. 



S. ery thrums, Cuv. (Spams, Bloch.) Back blue, head and sides 

 silvery ; fins red. 15 inches long. Seas of Japan Bloch, pi. 26. 



S. bilobatus, Risso. Body flattened, silvery, traversed with light 

 bluish and golden bands ; snout pointed ; nape and sides diapha- 

 nous ; lateral line bent ; branchial membrane with six rays. 8 

 inches long. Mediterranean sea Risso, Ich. de Nice, 252. 



2. Teeth edged and in one row. 

 Gen. 37. BOOPS, Cuv. Sparus, Lin. 



Body oblong, compressed, with pretty large scales ; teeth in 

 one row, edged, sometimes notched ; jaws slightly extensible. 



B. salpa, Cuv. Body silvery, and banded longitudinally with yel- 

 low ; teeth in the upper jaw bifid, in the lower pointed. 6 to 10 

 inches long. Inhabits Mediterranean sea. Bloch, pi. 265. 



B. ckrysurus, Cuv. (Sparus, Bloch.) Gold-tailed Sparus. Body 

 long and slender, bright rose-red, deepest on the back ; a golden 

 yellow longitudinal stripe on each side, from the gills to the tail ; 

 a second on each side of the base of the abdomen ; pectoral and 

 ventral fins dusky violet ; tail sharply forked, golden yellow. 12 

 inches long. Inhabits South American seas. Shaw, iv. pi. 60. 



B. mdanurus, Cuv. Body silvery gray, banded longitudinally with 

 brown, and marked with a black spot on each side of the tail ; 

 teeth in the middle notched, the lateral ones fine and pointed. 

 6 inches long. Inhabits American seas. Shaw, iv. 429. 



B. vulgaris, Cuv. (Sp. Boops, Lin.) Body elongated, silvery- 

 gray, banded longitudinally with golden brown streaks ; lateral 

 line yellow ; upper incisive teeth dentated, the under ones point- 

 ed. Inhabits Mediterranean sea. Sharu, iv. 417- 



3. Molar teeth rounded and flattened. 

 Gen. 38. SARGUS, Cuv. Sparus, Lin. Bloch. 

 Jaws slightly extensible, furnished on the sides with round or 

 flat teeth, similar to molars ; incisive teeth large, like those 

 of man. 



S. argenteus, Laroche. (Sp. Sargus, Lin.) Body silvery, streak- 

 ed longitudinally with yellow, and with black transverse bands. 

 15 inches long. Inhabits Mediterranean sea Bloch, pi. 264. 



S. annularis, Laroche. Body oval, compressed ; molar teeth round- 

 ed; incisors broad, truncated; body and ventral fins golden yel- 

 low, the other fins gray; a black ring round the tail, which is 

 forked. 6 to 8 inches long. Inhabits Mediterranean sea. An. 

 Mus. xiii. pi. 24, fig. 13. 



S. acutirostris, Laroche. Body extremely compressed, oval, gray- 

 ish, with eight or nine transverse black lines, and a broader band 



