Class IV. LUNULATED GILT-HEAD. 



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GENUS XXXIII. GILT-HEAD. 



Gills covers scaly. 



Rays branchiostegous five. 



Teeth fore sharp, grinders flat. 



Fin one dorsal, reaching the whole length of the 



back. 

 Tail forked. 



Xf vtrotpg vg . Oppian. Halieut. 



i. 169. 

 Chrysophrys. Ovid. Halieut. 



iii. 

 Aurata. Plinii, Lib. ix. c. ]6. 

 LaDorade. Belon 186. Chry- 



sophry. Caii opusc. 112. 

 Aurata. Rondel. 115. Gesner 



pise. 110. 112. 

 Gilt-head or Gilt-poll. mi. 



lchth. 307. Raii syn. pise. 



131. 



Spams dorso acutissimo, linea 

 arcuata inter oculos. Arted. 

 synon. 63. 



Sparus lunula aurea inter ocu- 

 los. Lin. syst. 467. Gm. 

 Lin. 1276. Gronov. Zooph. 

 No. 220. 



La Dorade. Block ichth. viii. 

 43. tab. 266. 



Le Spare Dorade. De la Ce- 

 pede Hist, des Poissons, iv. 

 57- 



l. Lunu- 



LATED. 



X HIS is one of the pisces saxatiles> or fishes 

 that haunt deep waters on bold rocky shores : 

 those that form this genus, as well as the fol- 

 lowing, feed chiefly on shell fish, which they 

 comminute with their teeth before they swallow 



