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SARGUS VARIEGATUS, (LacepMe,) Goode. 

 Chub. 



S^arus S^rgus, LiNNjfi, Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 1, 1758, 278; ed. 12, 1, 1768, 469.— Gmelin, 

 Linne, Syst. Nat. 1, 1788, 1270. — Block, Ichth. viii, 1797, 31, tab. cclxiv. — 

 Schneider, Bloch, Syst. Ichth. 1801, 270. — LacepJide, Hist. Nat. Poiss. iv, 

 1803, 27, 77.— Eisso, Ichth. Nice, 1810, 236. 



Sargus variegatus, LacepJide, op. cit. iv^, 1803, 207 (from Hauy, Encyclop6die M6- 

 thodique.) 



Sargus raucus, Geoffroy St. Hilaire, Descr. de I'figypte, Poiss. 1813, pi. xviii, f. 1. 



Sargus BondeJetii, Cuv. &- Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss. vi, 1830, 14, pi. cxli.— Valenciennes. 

 Webb & Berthelot, Hist. Nat. Canaries, Poiss. 1836, 28.— Guichenot, Expl. 

 Scieut. Alg^rie, Poiss. 1850, 46.— GOnthek, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. 1861, 44. 



Very abundant; occurring in large schools in company with Pimele- 

 pterus Boscii, which it closely resembles in form and habits. It is strictly 

 European, and is especially common in the Mediterranean, but has 

 not been found west of Madeira and the Canaries. 1 have carefully 

 compared Bermudian specimens with Mediterranean specimens in the 

 Bonaparte collection labeled Sargus Bondeletii. The Chub is seined in 

 vast quantities in Hamilton Harbor and other secluded bays. My spe- 

 cimens measure from ten to twelve inches. 



PIMELEPTERID^. 



PJMELBPTERUS BOSCII, Lacepede. 

 Bream. 



Chcetodon cyprinacms, Broussonet, MS. — Gmelin, Linn^, Syst. Nat. 1, 1788, 1269, note 

 PimeUpterus Boscii, LacepIide, Hist. Nat. Poiss. iv, 1803, 429.— Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. 

 Poiss. vii, 1831,258. — Valenciennes, in Webb & Berthelot, Hist. Nat. Canaries, 

 1836, pi. xix.— DeKay, Zool. N. Y. Fishes, 1842, 100, pi. xx, fig. 56.— Storer, Syn. 

 Fish. N. A. 1846, 89.— Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. i, 1861, 497.— Gill, Cat. 

 Fish. E. Coast N. Am. 1861, 31.— Poey, Eep. Fis.-Nat. Cuba, ii, 1868," 323.— 

 Gill, in Baird's Eep. on Sea Fisheries of S. New England, 1873, 805.— Baikd, 

 Eep. Sea Fisheries of S. New England, 1873, 824. 

 Pimelepterus incisor, VALENCi:feNNES, op. cit. 805. 



Common. The Bream is always found in company with the preceding 

 species, to which it is very like in size, shape, and habits, and is taken 

 with it in large numbers and brought to the market. It is easily dis- 

 tinguished from the Chub, as far as it can be seen under water, by the 

 large black spot just behind the dorsal. It is also recorded from Madeira, 



