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FALCATED SPARUS. 



Sparus Falcatus. S. flams, pinnis virentibus, dorsali analiqut 

 subfalcatis. 



Yellow Sparus, with greenish fins, the dorsal and anal fin sub- 

 falcated. 



Sparus tetracanthus. Block, t. 279. 



Le Harpe bleu-dore. Cepede. 4. p. 428. pi. 8.f. 2. 



A large and handsome species : colour yellow, 

 with the head, back, and fins strongly tinged with 

 green : scales middle-sized : dorsal and anal fin 

 scaly at the base, widened and somewhat falcated 

 at their extremities : tail deeply hmated : mouth 

 wide : front teeth strong, the rest much smaller, 

 except towards the back part of each jaw : eyes 

 gold-colour. Native of the American seas : de- 

 scribed and figured by Bloch from the drawings of 

 Plumier. 



I cannot help imagining this fish to be the same 

 with the Harpe bleu dore, of the Count de Cepede, 

 which he informs us was described from a drawing 

 by Plumier. The Count places it in a distinct 

 genus. 



