ICHTHYOLOGY. 



Genus, SPARUS. 



Character — Teeth strong, front teeth sometimes in a single, 

 sometimes in numerous rows ; grinders convex, 

 smooth, and arranged like a pavement ; lips 

 thick ; gill-covers unarmed ; smooth scaly. 



J- HE Sparus Bandatus is a native of the Eastern Ocean, and 

 is distinguished by the elegance of its form and the richness 

 of its colours, its eve is large and expressive, the tail very 

 distinctly forked, the scales are semilunar and orbicrilated, 

 having three bands of dark brown transversely placed upon 

 the upper part of the back. It belongs to a very numerous 

 Genus, of its peculiar habits therefore, nothing is very 

 particularly known. 



