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Clafs IV. Gk Io) Ts AB) Ae, 197 
Genus XXV. Covers of the gills fealy. 
Five branchioftegous rays. 
Fore teeth fharp. 
Grinders flat. 
One dorfal fin, reaching the whole 
length of the back. 
Forked tail. Gitt-Heap. 
LH Bhd is A oko rs Oi Uji Oates cs Ii cada a B 
yeuropeus. Oppian Halieut. Icth. 307. Raitt fyn. pifee 
I. 169. 131. : 
Cites tings) vad Halieut. iii, Sparus dorfo acutiflimo, linea 
Aurata Phinii. ib. 1x. c. 16. arcuata inter oculos. Arted. 
La Dorade. Belon. 186. Chry- _ /yvon. 63. : 
fophry Caii opus. 112. Sparus lunula aurea inter 
Aurata. Rondel. 115. Ge/ner oculos, Lin. fy. 467- 
pile. 110. L12- Gronov. Looph. No. 220. 
Gilt-head or Gilt-poll. %/. 
HIS is one of the pifces faxatiles, or fifh that 
, haunt deep waters on bold rocky fhores: thofe 
that form this genus, as well as the following, feed 
chiefly on fhell fifth, which they comminute with their 
teeth before they fwallow; the teeth of this genus in 
particular being extremely well adapted for that pur- 
pofe, the grinders being flat and ftrong, like thofe of 
certain quadrupeds : befides thofe are certain bones 
in the lower part of the mouth, which affiftin grind- 
ing their food. 
They 
