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RUFOUS-BANDED SPARUS. 



Sparus Hurta. S. cauda bifida, corporefasciis transversa tubris, 

 dentibus laniariis exsertis. Lin. GmeL p. 1 2J2. 



Fork-tailed Sparus, with red transverse bands, and front teeth 

 exserted. 



Habit broad and thin : dorsal fin occasionally 

 withdrawn into a longitudinal furrow : fore-teeth in 

 the upper jaw prominent and strong: body marked 

 by a few transverse reddish bands : native of the 

 Mediterranean. 



SPINED SPARUS. 



Spams Spinifer. <$. argenteo-rubescens, dorso Uneisque corporis 

 obscurioribuSj spinis dorsalibus quinque mediis elongatis. 



Reddish-Silvery Sparus, with the back and lines on the body 

 dusky, and the five middle spines of the dorsal fin elongated. 



Sp. spinifer. Lin. GmeL Forsk. Arab. p. 32. 



Shape ovate : scales large : front-teeth in each 

 jaw four, conic, strong, and remote : length a foot 

 and half : native of the Red sea, inhabiting deep 

 places : esteemed a very delicious fish for the table, 



