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BLACK-TAIL SPARUS. 



Sparus Melanurus. argent eus, dor so cceruleo, lateribus 

 fusco longitudinaliter stiiato-maculatis, ocello nigro ad basin 

 caudce. 



Silvery Spams, with blue back, sides stripe- spotted longi- 

 tudinally with brown, and a black spot at the base of the 

 tail. 



Sparus melanurus. Lin. 



Lower jaw thickly set with small sharp teeth : 

 sides marked by dusky spots, and generally by a 

 black spot on each side the tail. Native of the 

 Mediterranean. 



SILVER SPARUS. 



Sparus Argenteus. S. argenteus, macula utrinque prope. caput 

 nigra. 



Silvery Spare, with a black spot on each side near the head. 

 Sparus argentatus. Lin. Gmel. 



Shape very deep, or like that of the Gilthead : 

 length a few inches : native of the Japanese sea. 



SYNAGRE sparus. 



Sparus Synagris. S. purpurascens , lineis utrinque septem aureis. 

 Purplish Spare, with seven gold-coloured lines on each side. 

 S. Synagris. Lin. Gmel. Catesb. Car. 2. t. If. 



Length about ten inches: eyes large. Native 

 of the American seas. 



