SPARUS. 



the tail. This is found chiefly in the Adriatic. The co- 

 lour of this fpecies refembles that of the common perch : 

 at a certain dlllance from the bafe of the tail a round black 

 fpot is f.tuated at the bottom of the laft dufty bar of the 

 body ; tiie pedoral fins and tail are red, the reft blackilh. 

 Native of the Mediterranean, and not at all in efteem for the 



Sargus. The body of this is marked with black 

 bands, and a black ocellate fpot near the tail. It inhabits 

 the fouthern coafts of Europe. The body is oval, broad ; 

 the teeth are equal, obtufe ; and the tail forked. It is 

 nearly of the fizc of the auratus, and the fhape very like that, 

 but deeper in proportion. It is much efteemed as food. 



Melanurus. Body with longitudinal' lines and a black 

 ocellate fpot near the tail. This fpecies is found in the 

 fouthern European feas. It is defcribed by Shaw as fil- 

 rery, with a blue back ; the fides have a ftripe, fpotted lon- 

 gitudinally with brown, and a black fpot at the bafe of the 

 tail. 



Smaris. a black ocellate fpot on each fide ; peftoral 

 fins and tail red. It inhabits the Mediterranean. 



McENA. Body variegated ; a blackifh fpot on each fide. 

 This is alfo found in the Mediterranean. 



Saxatilis. Body vvhiti(h ; a black ocellate fpot at the 

 bafe of the tail. This is found on the coafts of Surinam. 

 The fnout is deprelfed ; and the tail rounded. 



Orphus. a black ocellate fpot at the tail ; the head 

 IS reddiih ; the tail is entire. 



Punctata. Mouth cufpidate ; the tail entire ; in co- 

 lour it is partly black. It inhabits the (hores of Sardinia. 

 In fize and colour it is nearly allied to the S. fargus. 



Argentatus. This has a black fpot behind the gills. 

 It is found on the coaits of Japan ; is fix inches long ; the 

 body is covered with filvery fcales ; before the eyes are 

 two noftrils. 



NoTATus. Dorfal fin divided ; the gill-covers and tail 

 fpotted with black. It is found at Japan. The head is 

 coated with filvery fcales, nearly as long as the fingers. 



§ B. Body moflly red. 



Erythrinus. The tail of this fifh is nearly entire ; the 

 body red. It inhabits the European, American, and Japan 

 feas. It is often eaten, but is not held in any great cftima- 

 tion ; and it has fometimes proved poifonous : the iris is 

 filvery. 



Insidiator. Body red, yellowilh at the fides ; tail a 

 little forked. It inhabits the Indian ocean ; is about ten 

 inches long ; catches aquatic infetls, like the Chsetodon 

 roftratus, with its fnout, which it can lengthen out into a 

 tube ; the body is rather broad, fat, coated with large 

 fcales of a metallic-green colour at the edge ; when dead it 

 becomes brown ; the flefti is eatable. It is defcribed as 

 having a comprefTed head, and fcaly ; the eyes are lateral ; 

 jaws divided, each with two large ftraight conic teeth in the 

 middle ; gill-covers very entire ; firft lateral line nearer the 

 back, bogiuning at the end of the dorfal fin, the other 

 ftraiglu ; the vent is nearly in the middle ; the fins are 

 yellowilh ; the dorfal and anal fins are marked with green 

 bands ; the laft ray but one of the anal is very long. 



* FoHMCSL'S. Red ; longitudinal marks on the body and 

 tip of the tail blue. This firti is figured in Dr. Shaw's 

 Naturalift's Mifcellany, and he fufpefted that it was a Britifh 

 fifh ; hence it is marked with an afterifk. The fore-part 

 of the dorfal, and edge of the anal fins, are blue. 



*Pagrus; the Red Gilt-head. This is reddifh; the 



flcin, at the end of the dorfal and anal fins, gathered up, aad 

 hiding the laft rays. It is found in the European feas. la 

 fliape, teeth, and fize, it relembles S. auratus. The iris is 

 filvery ; infides of the gill-covers, mouth, and tongue, are 

 of a fine red ; at the bafe of the peftoral fins is a ferruginous 

 fpot ; the fcales are large ; and the tail is forked. 



Spinifer. Dorfal fpines recumbent ; the five middle 

 ones filiform and longer. This inhabits the muddy deeps 

 of the Red fea ; is about a fpan and a half long. The body 

 is filvery, but with a reddifh hue ; the back is marked with 

 darker lines ; the fcales are broad, very entire, obfcurely 

 ftreaked, and the flefh is reckoned excellent. 



Palpebratus. This is of a chefnut-red ; the eyes are 1 

 of a pale yellow, covered with a loofe yellowifh membrane. 

 This is found on the coafts of Amboina. It refembles a 

 perch ; but the head is more obtufe. 



§ C. Body marked •with Lines. 



BooPS. Longitudinal lines duflty ; the four lower ones 

 are gold and filvery. It inhabits the fea round Japan. 



Cantharus. The tail is without fpots ; the body is 

 marked with longitudinal lines. It inhabits the coaft of 

 Tufcany. The iris is filvery. 



Chromis. The tail is bifid ; the fecond ray of the ven- 

 tral fin is fetaceous. It inhabits fouthern Europe. 



Salpa. Tail bifid ; the body is marked with eleven 

 tawny longitudinal lines. It is found in the Mediterranean. 



Sarba. This is of an oblong oval fhape, filvery, with 

 numerous obfolete ftripes ; the ventral fins are yellow, with 

 a golden hne on each fide near them. It inhabits the 

 Mediterranean, and along the coafts of Arabia. The body 

 is broad, and covered with broad entire fcales ; there are 

 feveiiteen longitudinal brownifh ftripes on each fide; the 

 flefh is reckoned pleafant. 



Synagris. The tail is bifid, red ; the body is purplifh, 

 with feven gold hnes on each fide. It inhabits South 

 America. 



Rhomboides. The tail is entire ; the back is caniculate ; 

 the body with yellow lines. It inhabits America, and is 

 there called the falt-water bream. The teeth are obtufe ; be- 

 tween the roots of the peftoral and dorfal fins a black fpot } 

 the ventral, anal, and caudal fins are tawny. 



Latus. Yellowifli ; the head is filvery ; the fcales lon- 

 gitudinally imbricate. It inhabits about the coafts of 

 Japan ; is three inches long, and one and a half broad. 



ViRGATUS. The tail is forked ; the body is depreffed, 

 oblong, ftriped with fcales. This is found on the coaft of 

 Japan. 



Haffara. Silvery, with fourteen obfolete yellowifh- 

 brown lines on each fide ; the tail is bifid. It inhabits the 

 muddy fhores of Arabia ; is about a fpan long j and the 

 flefh is reckoned good. 



Berda. Whitifh-afh ; lateral fcales with each a tranf- 

 verfe brown band in the middle ; the dorfal fpines are re- 

 cumbent. It is found in the Red fea. The body is oval ; 

 the back is gibbous, with obfolete bands ; beneath it is 

 white ; the fcales are broad, round, and entire. 



Chilensis, The tail is bifid ; the body is marked vnth 

 tranfverfe brown lines on each fide. It inhabits, as its 

 fpecific name denotes, Chih, in South America. It grows 

 to full fix feet long ; in fhape it is oval, depreffed, coated 

 with large rhomboidal margaritaceous fcales, fpotted with 

 white ; the flefii is good. 



§ D. Variotis. 



Chhysops. The tail is femi-lunar ; the back is grooved ; 



the 



