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SALP SPARUS. 



Spams Salpa. S. griseo-argenteus, dorso subfusco, corpore striis 

 longitudinalibus sub/lavis, dentibus superioribus apice bifidis. 



Silvery-grey Sparus , with brownish back, body marked by yellow- 

 ish longitudinal streaks, and upper teeth bifid at the tips. 



Sparus Salpa. Lin. Block, t 205. 



Size and shape of a Carp; scales rather large: 

 lateral line very distinctly marked : eyes yellow : 

 tail scaly at the base. Native of the Mediter- 

 ranean. 



VIOLET SPARUS. 



Sparus Violaceus. S, violaceus, subtus subargenteus, pintiis 



subfuscis, oculis Jlavis. 

 Violet-coloured Sparus, silvery beneath, with brownish fins 



and yellowish eyes. 

 Sparus chrysops. Block, t. 248. 



Size and shape of a Carp, but rather longer 

 bodied in proportion : scales rather large : lateral 

 line interrupted near the tail : native regions un- 

 known : introduced into the ichthyology of Dr. 

 Bloch on the authority of a drawing in the col- 

 lection of Mr. Link of Leipzic. 



