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GOLD-GREEN SPARUS. 



Sp. Viridi- Aureus. S. olivaceo-Jlavescens, fasciis quinque annu- 

 laribus fiigris, pinnis pectoralibus basi atroccerukis. 



Olivaceo-flavescent Sparus, with five annular black bands, and 

 the pectoral fins blueish-black at the base. 



Le Spare Vertor. Cepede. 4. p. 131. 



A very small species : described by Cepede 

 from Commerson, who observed it in vast shoals 

 following the ships in the Indian seas, particularly 

 about the coasts of New Guinea : body covered 

 with small scales. 



MYLOSTOME SPARE. 



Sparus Mylostomus. S. aureo cceruleoque longitudinaliter un- 



dulatus, macula utrinque versus caudam nigra. 

 Sparus longitudinally undulated with blue and yellow,, with a 



black spot on each side near the tail. 

 Spare Mylostome. Cepede, 4. p. 131. 



In habit resembling a Coryphene, except that 

 the front is less sloping : jaws beset with fine teeth, 

 in the manner of a file : tongue short and carti- 

 laginous : eyes large and prominent : scales striped, 

 and slightly crenated on the edges : general colour 

 deep yellow, paler on the pectoral fins, and mixed 

 with green on the dorsal fin and tail, at the end of 

 which are two black spots, so placed as to resemble 

 in some degree the figure of a pair of spectacles. 

 Observed by Commerson in the Indian seas i size 

 not particularized. 



