SEA BREAM. 



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ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



SPARID&. 



THE SEA BREAM. 



Pagellus centrodoittus, Cuv. et VALENC. Hist. Nat. des Poiss. t. vi. p. 180. 



,, Red Gilt-head, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 329, 



and pi. 66, under the name of 

 Lunnlated Gilt-head. 



,, ,, Lunulated Gilt-head, DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 89. 



,, Gilt-head, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 211, sp. 136 * 



,, Sea- Bream of Couch and Montagu. 



THE SEA BREAM is a common fish in the Mediterranean, 

 and in the ocean is taken frequently at Brest, Dieppe, and 

 Boulogne : it is by no means an uncommon fish on the 

 line of the southern shore of England, particularly on the 

 coast of Sussex, and is constantly to be seen during summer 

 and autumn in the fish-market at Hastings. Colonel Mon- 

 tagu obtained it in Devonshire; and Mr. Couch, whose 

 account of this species I shall quote at some length, says 

 it is abundant in Cornwall. 



On the Irish coast, this fish may be traced from Waterford 

 up the east coast to Dublin bay, and thence to Belfast bay 

 and the north coas.t of Antrim, where it is called Murranroe 

 and Barwin. On the east coast of England it is also not 

 uncommon : Dr. Johnston has met with it in Berwick bay. 



