450 



SEERANIDtE. 



Dicentrarchus orientalis, Jordan & Eigenmann, Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. viii. 1890, p. 425. 

 Dicentrarchus punctatus, Jordan & Eigenmann, t. c. p. 426. 

 Morone punctata, Boulenger, Cat. Fish. i. p. 131 (1895). 



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

 shape of the group of vomerine teeth, which is often trilobed behind ; the larger eye, 

 which is but slightly shorter than the snout and one-fourth to two-ninths the length of 

 the head and nearly equals the 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 ^17 transverse series. 



Upper half of the body constantly spotted with black. 



Reaches a length of 360 millimetres. 



Measurements (in millimetres) and numbers of fin-rays and scales. 



Total length (without caudal) 



Greatest depth of body 



Length of head 



Width of head 



Length of snout 



Diameter of eye 



Interorbital width 



Length of longest dorsal spine 



„ soft ray . . . 



„ pectoral 



Number of spines in first dorsal 



„ soft rays in second dorsal , 

 ,» anal 



,, scales in lateral line 



1. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



6. 



255 



225 



200 



165 



145 



115 



67 



60 



52 



43 



42 



32 



71 



63 



53 



46 



45 



35 



36 



29 



24 



19 



20 



18 



18 



17 



15 



12 



12 



9 



17 



16 



13 



12 



1.2 



11 



17 



15 



12 



10 



9 



8 



37 



37 



28 



25 



2d 



19 



37 



35 



30 



28 



21 



19 



40 



38 



31 



27 



23 



21 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



12 



12 



13 



12 



13 



13 



12 



12 



12 



11 



11 



11 



60 



58 



60 



61 



63 



62 



1, 2. L. Menzaleh. — Loat. 



3, 4. Alexandria. — Petherick. (Types of L. orientalis.) 



b, 6. L. Borollos. — Loat, 



This species inhabits the Mediterranean and the coasts of the Atlantic from 

 Normandy to Senegambia. According to Steindachner, it ascends the Senegal a good 



