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MENDOLE SPARUS. 



Spams Maena. S. griseo-argenteas, pinnis roseis, macula utrinque 

 lateralifusca. 



Silvery-grey Sparus, with rose-coloured fins, and dusky spot on 



each side. 

 Sparus Maena. Lin. Block, t. 2JO. 



Habit of the Bream Sparus, but of a less deep 

 shape : length about ten inches : scales large : 

 eyes red. Native of the Mediterranean sea, where 

 it is a very common fish, but not much esteemed as 

 a food. 



ANNULAR SPARUS. 



Sparus Annularis. S. subargenteo-flavcscens, dorso olwaceo fasciis 



quinque semidecurreiitihus subnigris, cauda rubra apice nigra. 

 Subargenteo-navescent Sparus, with olivaceous back crossed 



by five semi-decurrent blackish bands, and red tail tipped 



with black, 

 Sparus Annularis. Block, t. 27 1. 



Habit of the Mendole. Size the same : colour 

 resembling that of the common Perch : at a certain 

 distance from the base of the tail a round black spot, 

 situated at the bottom of the last dusky bar of the 

 body : pectoral fins and tail red, the rest blackish : 

 native of the Mediterranean : not much esteemed 

 for the table. 



