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SCI.ENID.E. 



Sciana cirrosa of Linnaeus. (Minute-book of the Linnsean 

 Society.) 



The head is short and blunt ; the irides silvery, the pupil 

 black ; the upper jaw considerably the longest ; three large 

 mucous pores near the point of the nose ; under jaw flat, 

 marked with four mucous pores near its extremity, and with 

 a single short and thick cirrus, or barbule, at the symphysis : 

 the teeth very small, numerous, and arranged in a broad 

 band in each jaw ; none on the palate nor on the tongue : 

 preoperculum denticulated while young, but these markings 

 are sometimes obliterated by age ; operculum ending in a 

 spine, and a flattened point directed backwards. The fin- 

 rays are : 



D. 1022 : P. 17 : V. 1 + 6 : A. 2+7 : C. 17. 



The lateral line parallel with, but much nearer, the dorsal 

 line than in the Maigre ; the scales large and rhomboidal ; 

 the ground colour of the body yellowish, traversed obliquely 

 from the back downwards and forwards with bands of silver 

 and blue ; the belly white ; dorsal fins brown, the second fin 

 marked with two bars ; pectoral and ventral fins nearly black ; 

 anal fin red. 



The figure is taken from the work of Bloch, already quoted. 



