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large conic canines in fronts minute ones behind, and 

 a - single row of gTinders on the sides ; dorsal fin 

 emarginate ; head large ; muzzle rather produced ; 

 gills smooth ; ventrals smaller than the pectorals. 



esculentus. Cuv. pi. 158. genivittatus. lb. pi. 159. 



Sparus. Head and gill-covers smooth ; mouth sm^all, 

 slightly retractile ; body fusiform ; emarginate cut- 

 ting or hooked teeth in each jaw, but no gi'inders. 



Sparus* (fig. 56.) Body more /v 56 

 or less, fusiform ; dorsal fin ^ ' -.^ 

 very slightly emarginate. 



BoopsZ,. Cuv. pi, 161.(^5^.56. ) 

 Salpa. lb. pi. 162. 

 cantharus Linn. Cuv. pi. 160. 



Dentex. General aspect of Sparus, but the mouth is 

 larger ; there are strong simply conic teeth in each 

 jaw, the lower of which is the largest; dorsal fin 

 slightly emarginate. 



D. vulgaris. Bloch, pi. 268. 



Nemipterus Sw. Jaws equal ; dorsal fin broad, ex- 

 tending the whole length of the back, of equal rays, 

 excepting the first, which is prolonged into a fila- 

 ment ; caudal forked j another filament terminates 

 the exterior upper ray ; ventral fin long and pointed. 



N. filamentosus. Cuv. pi. 155. 



Oblata Cuv. General aspect of Sparus, but the mouth 

 opens rather obliquely, and the lower jaw is longest. 



O. melanura. Cuv. pi. 162. bis. 



Asphareus Cuv. General form of Sparus, but the mouth 

 is very large ; the under jaw strong, and longer than 

 the lower ; dorsal entire ; the last rays of the dorsal 

 and of the anal prolonged into short filaments. 



A. caerulescens. Cuv. pi. 162. bis. 

 * Including Crenidens, Scathurus, and Cantharus. 



