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SARGUS YARIEGATUS, (LacepMe,) Goode. 

 Chub. 



Sparus Sargus, Llnne, Syst. Nat, ed. 10, 1, 1758,278; ed. 12, 1, 1766, 469.— Gmelikt, 

 Linne", Syst. Nat. 1, 1788, 1270. — Bloch, Icbth. viii, 1797, 31, tab. cclxiv. — 

 Schneider, Bloch, Syst. Ichth. 1801, 270. — Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss. iv, 

 1803, 27, 77.— Eisso, Ichth. Nice, 1810, 236. 



Sargus variegalus, Lacepede, op. cit. iv, 1803, 207 (from H-auy, Encyclop6die M6- 

 thodique.) 



Sai-gus raucus, Geoffrov St. Hilaire, Descr. de l'Egypte, Poiss. 1813, pi. xviii, f. 1. 



Sargus Bondeletii, Cuv. &. Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss. vi, 1830, 14, pi. cxli. — Valenciennes. 

 Webb & Berthelot, Hist. Nat. Canaries, Poiss. 1836, 28. — Guichenot, Expl. 

 Scient. Algerie, Poiss. 1850, 46.— Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mns. 1861, 44. 



Yery abundant; occurring in large schools in company with Pimele- 

 pterus Boscii, which it closely resembles in form and habits. It is strictly 

 European, and is especially common in the Mediterranean, but has 

 uot been found west of Madeira and the Canaries. 1 have carefully 

 compared Bermudiau specimens with Mediterranean specimens in the 

 Bonaparte collection labeled Sargus Bondeletii. The Chub is seined in 

 vast quantities iu Hamilton Harbor and other secluded bays. My spe- 

 cimens measure from ten to twelve inches. 



PIMELEPTERIim 



PIMELEPTERUS BOSCII, Lacepede. 

 Breax. 



Chcetodon cyprinaceus, Broussonet, MS. — Gmelin, Linne", Syst. Nat. 1, 1788, 1269, note 

 riiiulij'lt rus Boscii, Lacepede, Bist. Nat. Poiss. iv, 1803, 429j.— Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. 

 Poiss. \ii. 1831,258. — Valenciennes, in Webb & Berthelot, Hist. Nat. Canaries, 

 1 636, pi. \ix.— DkKay. Zool. X. Y. Fishes, 1-42, 100, pi. xx, lig. 56.— Storer, Syn. 

 Fish. X. A. 1846, 89.— GtiNTHEH, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. i, 1861, 497.— Gill, Cat. 

 Fish. E. Coast X. Am. 1801, 31.— Poev, Pep. Fis.-Xat. Cuba, ii, 1868, 323.— 

 Gill, in Baud's Rep. on Sea Fisheries of S. New Eugland, 1873, 805.— Baihd, 

 Rep. Sea Fisheries of S. New England, 1873. 824. 

 Pimelepierus incisor, Valenciennes, op. cir. BOS. 



Common. The Bream is always found in company with the preceding 

 species, to which it is very like in size, shape, and habits, and is taken 

 with it in large numbers and brought to the market. It is easily dis- 

 tinguished from the Chub, as far as it can be seen under water, by the 

 large black spot just behind the dorsal. It is also recorded from Madeira, 



