SEA-BREAMS. 



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cantharus Tlie Wack se a-bream {Cantharus lineatus), of the British seas, 



may be cited as a well-known example of the typical genus of the 

 first subfamily, in which the extremities of the jaws are furnished with broad, cutting, 

 and occasionally lobate incisor-like teeth ; while there are no vomerine or molariform 

 teeth, and the lower rays of the pectoral fins are branched. Other well-known 

 genera are Box and Scatharus from the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic, and 

 Crenidens from the Indian seas. The black sea-bream, which not unfrequently 



SARGO AND GILT-HEAD (§ liat. Size). 



grows to a length of 15 inches, is common on the British coasts, where it will take 

 both vegetable and animal baits. 



The second group is represented by H<ij>lodactylu8, from the 

 Hapiodactyius. temperate g ou ^ pacific, in which both jaws are furnished with flat 

 and generally tricuspid teeth: vomerine teeth being present, but molars wanting ; 

 while the lower pectoral rays are simple. These fish are vegetable-feeders 



Better known than the Last is the third group, containing only 

 sargus. ^ e sm gi e g enus Sargus, with some twenty species from the Mediter- 



