452 FISHES. ACANTHOPTERYGII 



surrounding the tail ; snout pointed ; incisive teeth truncated ; 

 molars hemispherical ; ventral fins black, and the others margined 

 with the same colour. 6 inches long. Inhabits Mediterranean 

 sea. An. Mus. xiii. pi. 24, fig. 12. 



Gen. 39- DAURADA, Cuv. Sparus, Lin. 

 Head compressed; jaws slightly extensible, with four or six 

 qonical teeth in one row ; the others flat, 



D. auratus, Cuv. The Gilt-head. Back bluish ; head and trunk 



silvery ; a golden-coloured spot on the eye brows, and a purple 



spot on each side of the head ; teeth in age sometimes very large. 



15 inches long. Mediterranean sea. B. Block, pi. 266. 



This fish was well known to the Greeks and Romans, and was highly prized by 



the latter when fed on oysters. By the Greeks it was consecrated to Venus. It is 



not now in much estimation. 



D. spinifer, Cuv. Body ovate, reddish-silvery, with the back and 

 lines on the body dusky ; five middle spines of the dorsal fin 

 elongated. 18 inches long. Inhabits Red Sea. Shaw, iv. 416. 



D. Mylio. (Sparus, Lacep.) Body yellowish, with interrupted 

 longitudinal brown bands, and the fore part marked by a double 

 transverse black band. 12 to 16 inches long. Inhabits Indian 

 seas Lacep. iii. pi. 26, fig. 2. 



D. myloslomus, Cuv. (Sparus, Lacep.) Body deep yellow, paler 

 on the pectoral fins, and mixed with green on the dorsal fin and 

 tail ; a black spot on each side of the tail ; scales slightly crenat- 

 ed on the edges. Inhabits Indian seas. Shaw, iv. 427- 



D. psittacus, Cuv. ( Sparus, Lacep.) Snout resembling the bill 

 of a parrot ; occiput and back arched and elevated ; body longi- 

 tudinally striated. Inhabits Indian seas Shaw, iv. 436. 



D. bilobalus, Cuv. (Sparus, Lacep.) With eleven spinous rays 

 in the dorsal fin, and four in the anal ; caudal fin divided into two 

 rounded lobes. Inhabits Indian seas Shaw, iv. pi. 61. 



Gen. 40. PAGRUS, Cuv. Sparus, Lin. 



Head compressed ; teeth small, numerous, in bundles or brush- 

 es, those of the first row being largest. 



P. argenteus, Cuv. Body shaded with rose-colour, and silvery ; 

 nostrils tubular, and a black spot on the dorsal fin. Inhabits 

 American seas. Shaw, iv. 438. 



P. erythrinus, Cuv. Back carinated, and the belly round ; sides 

 rose-coloured, shaded with silvery scales ; abdomen silvery ; dor- 

 sal fin paler than the body, but edged with deep rose-red. 6 

 inches long. Mediterranean and Indian seas. Bloch, pi. 274. 



P. mormyrus, Cuv. Body silvery, with numerous transverse black 

 bands ; tail bordered with black at the tip. 5 or 6 inches long. 

 Inhabits Mediterranean sea. Shaw, iv. 422. 



P. roseus. (Sp. pagrus, Bloch.) Back carinated; belly round; 

 body rose-coloured, with numerous longitudinal reddish lines; 



