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FASCIATED SPARUS. 



Spams Fasciatus. S. elongatosubquadratvs albidus, submgro 

 transversim fasciatus , pinnis nigro marginatis. 



Lengthened subquadrate Sparus, with transverse dusky bands, 

 and fins edged with black. 



Spams fasciatus. Block, t. 25 1 /. 



A singular and curious species : size rather 

 large : shape squarish-elongated : scales very large : 

 head, gills, and abdomen cinereous, finely freckled 

 with small whitish specks, as are also the edges 

 of the fins : orbits of the eyes radiated with pale 

 diverging streaks : dorsal and anal fin somewhat 

 dilated behind, and stretching towards the tail, 

 which is strongly lunated. Native of Japan. 



abildgaard's sparus. 



Spams Abildgaardi. S, albidvs dorso subfusco, squamis tnagnis 

 hcxagonis. 



Whitish Sparus, with dusky back, and large hexagonal scales. 

 Sparus Abildgaardi. Block, t. 25$. 



Size and shape of a Carp : scales very large, and 

 hexagonal ; but those on the head and gill-covers 

 are rounded : lateral line ramified on each scale 

 over which it passes, and interrupted a little before 

 the tail : eyes blueish ; orbits radiated in a singular 

 manner round the lower half by a series of tubular 

 pores : native of the American seas, and named by 

 Dr. Bloch from Professor Abildgaard, by whom the 

 drawing was communicated. 



