THE 



BEAUTIFUL SPARUS. 



Generic Character. 



Teeth (generally) ftrong, and fomewhat obtufe. 



Lips double. 



Membrane of the Gills furnifhed (generally) with 



5 ra y s - 



Peroral Fins of a rounded form. 



Specific Character. 



RED SPARUS, with the various longitudinal 

 marks on the body and the tip of the tail 

 blue. 



The beautiful fifli here reprefented, is amongft the 

 number of thofe which are not to be found in the Syf- 

 tema Naturae of Linnaeus. The genus to which it be- 

 longs fhould, according to Linnasus's own rules, be 

 that of Spams ; but it muft be confefTed that the cha- 

 racters of the two Linnaean genera of Sparus and La- 

 brus are not quite fufficiently diftinguifhed, and feve- 

 ral fpecies may be obferved which might with almoft 

 equal propriety be referred to either genus. As a proof 

 of this, I cannot but obferve, that in the Work of As- 

 canius, entitled Figures enluminees d'Htfloire Naturelk 



du Nc 



