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RAMAK SPARUS. 



Spams Ramak. S. albido-viresceris, litieis longitudinalibus ob$o~ 



letis violaceo-Jlaventibus, pinnis rubentibus. 

 Whitish-green Spams, with longitudinal yellowish-violet lines, 



and reddish fins. 

 Scisena Ramak. Lin. Gmel. Forsk. Arab. 



Greatly allied, except in colour, to the Mahsena, 

 and native of the same seas. 



GREAT-EYED SPARUS. 



Spams Grandoculis. S. ccerulescens, oculis magnis, labio in* 

 feriore gibbo, 



Blueish Spams, with large eyes, and gibbous lower lip. 

 Sciaena grandoculis. Lin. Gmel. Forsk. Arab. 



Allied to S. Mahsena : shape ovate-oblong, with 

 obscure longitudinal streaks : in each jaw six front- 

 teeth : fins pale violet : pectoral fins pale red : the 

 dorsal and anal each increased by a lobe at the 

 hind part : native of the Arabian seas. 



SILVER-EYED SPARUS. 



Spams Argyrops. S. cauda lunata, dorso canaliculato, oculorum 



iridibus argenteis. Lin. Si/st. Nat. Gmel. p. 1277. 

 Spar us with lunated tail, channelled back, and silvery irides. 

 Zanthurus Indicus. Will, ichth. app. t. 3. 



Allied to Sp. Chrysops : the three first rays of 

 the dorsal fin are elongated. Native of the American 

 $eas. 



