104 



SEERANID.T^. 



DoJerl. Man. Ittiol. Medit. iv. p. 23 (1<S89) ; Bellotti, Atti Soc. Ital. Sc. Nat. 



xxxiii. 3891, p. 121. 

 Lahrax onentalis, Giintb. 1. c. 



Lahmx schoenleinii, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1865, p. 95, and 18()G, p. 512. 

 DicentrarcliKS orientalis, JorJ. & Eigenm. Bull. U.S. Fish. C-onini. viii. 1890, 



p. 425. 

 IHcentrarehits i^iinctatus, Jord, & Eigenm. t. c. p. 426. 

 Morone jmndata, Bouleng. Cat. Fish. i. p. 1:J1 (1895), and Fish. Nile, p. 449, fig. 



(1907). 



Very closely allied to the preceding, but easily distinguished by the 

 more triangular shape of the group of vomerine teeth, which is often 



Tie. 81. 



Morone 2ninctata, 

 L. Menzaleh (F. N.). |. 



trilobed behind ; the larger eye, which is but slightly shorter than the 

 snout and J to f length of head and nearly equals interorbital width in 

 the adult ; the presence of ctenoid scales on the top of the head ; and 

 the larger scales on the body, which are in 58 to 65 longitudinal and 

 ^^d^ transverse series. Upper half of the body constantly spotted with 



black. 



Total length 360 millim. 



Mediterranean and coasts of Atlantic from Normandy to Senegambia. 



1-2. Types oE L. ojwVn- Alexandria. J. Petherick, Esq. (C). 

 talis. 



Near Gomil, L. Menzaleh. L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



L. Menzaleh. „ 



L Borollos. „ 



L. Mareotis. „ 



St. Louis, Senegal. M. P. Delhex (C). 



3. Hgr. 



4-5. Ad. 



6-10. Hgr. & yg. 

 11. Yg. 

 12-13. lliir. 



