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tion from the Mediterranean Sea, that differs only in being 

 smaller, and having the head, back, and sides of the body of a 

 brighter green." The number of the fin-rays are 



D. 20+10 : P. 14 : V. 8 : A. 3 + 8 : C. 15. 



M. Risso^s description represents this species as having 

 the body elongated, of a fine meadow-green, darker on 

 the back, lighter on the sides, and yellowish green under the 

 throat and belly : the muzzle is rather long, the nape slightly 

 depressed ; the upper jaw longer than the lower, both armed 

 with teeth, the longest of which are in front ; the operculum 

 angular ; the lateral line curved on its approach to the tail ; 

 the fins green. The female is of a uniform green colour 

 above, silvery on the belly. 



The fin-rays, according to M. Risso, are 



D. 18 + 12 : P. 14 : V. 1 + 5 : A. 3 + 9 : C. 14. 



According to his MS. notes, Colonel Montagu, who pos- 

 sessed a copy of Mr. Donovan's History of British Fishes, 

 had taken this species on the Devonshire coast. 



