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has described a specimen that was captured at Scheveningen, Mm. Ichth. 

 p. 38, No. 90 ;Pagettus centrodontm Cuv., Sparus centrodontus LA ROCHE, 

 Ann. du Mus. xm. PL 23, fig. 2, GUEBIN Iconogr., Poiss. PL 20, fig. i, 

 YABBELL Brit. Fishes i. p. 107 ; KROETEB Danm. FisTce, i. p. 206 ; 18" long 

 or more ; reddish, with a large black spot behind the head at the beginning 

 of the lateral line. Some exotic species also from the Atlantic Ocean 

 belong to this genus. 



Pagrus Cuv. Anterior teeth conical, middle strong, behind 

 these small and crowded teeth. Lateral teeth globose, in two 

 rows. 



Sp. Pagrus vulgaris Cuv., Sparus pagrus L. (in part), Cuv. et VAL. Poiss. vr. 

 PL 148; Mediterranean Sea, different species from the Red Sea and the 

 Indian Ocean, &c. 



Sparus L. (in part), nob., Chrysophrys Cuv. Anterior teeth 

 conical; lateral teeth globose, in three rows or more. 



Sp. Sparus Aurata Lu (in part), Cuv. et VAL. Poiss. vi. PL 145 ; la daurade, 

 de goudbrasem, the gilt-head, with a shining gold stripe between the eyes ; 

 in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The figure which BLOCH 

 has given as of this fish is, according to CUVIER, that of a young individual 

 of Chrysophrys globiceps Cuv., from the Cape of Good Hope. The species 

 of this genus are numerous ; SCHLEGEL has described and figured several 

 from the sea at Japan. 



In other specimens the place of the round lateral teeth is supplied by 

 much larger oval teeth. See on the position and succession of these 

 teeth in Sparus aurata, CUVTEB Hist. not. des Poiss. vi. p. 380, PL 163, 

 figs. 312. 



Sargus Cuv. Anterior teeth broad, with crown narrow, trans- 

 verse, resembling human incisors. Lateral teeth rounded, large, in 

 several rows, more rarely in a single row. (Char ax Risso, Cuv.) 



Sp. Sargus annularis Cuv., Sparus annularis L., LA ROCHE, Ann. du Mus. 

 xm. PL 24, Cuv. et VALENC. Poiss. vi. PI. 149 ; in the Mediterranean 

 Sea, &c. 



Family XLI. Scicenoidei. Body compressed, mostly oblong. 

 Scales ctenoid, mostly large, thin, flexile, covering body, opercles 

 and cheeks, often also a part of ventral fins. Teeth in jaws; vomer 

 and palate-bones smooth. Branchiostegous membrane with seven 

 rays, sometimes six, or more rarely five. Ventral fins thoracic. 

 Bones of head often furnished with exsert lines, circumscribing 

 hollow areolse; hence the form of the head tumid. Lateral line 

 continuous, anteriorly incurved, convex, posteriorly straight, some- 

 times indistinct. 



