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BROAD SPARUS. 



Spams Latus. S. Jlavicans, capite argenteo, squamis longitudi- 

 naliter imbricatis. Idn. Gmel. p. 12JQ. 



Yellowish Spams j with silvery head with longitudinally-imbri- 

 cated scales. 



A small species : length three inches : habit 

 broad and thin. Native of the Japanese sea. 



VIRGATED SPARUS. 



Spams Virgatus. S. dcprcssus, oblongus, squamis virgatus. 

 Depressed, oblong Spams, with the scales disposed in rows. 

 Sp. virgatus. Lin. Gmel, 



Allied to the Salp Spams : head obtuse : native 

 of Japan. 



II ASS AR A SPARUS. 



Spams Hassara. S. argenteus, lineis longitudinalibus fusco- 



fimescentibus. 

 S. Hassara. Lin. Gmel. Forsk, Arab, 



Length about a span : on each side fourteen 

 dusky streaks : front-teeth in each jaw strong, re- 

 mote, obtuse : native of the Arabian seas, and 

 esteemed for the table. 



