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MYLIO SPARUS. 



Sparus Mylio. S. favescens, lineis longitudinalibus interrupts 

 fuscis^ corpore ani ice fascia duplici transversa nigra. 



Yellowish Sparus, with interrupted longitudinal brown bands, 

 and the fore-part marked by a double transverse black band. 



Spare Mylio. Cepede. 4. p. 132. 



Much allied to the Mylostome : size that of a 

 common Carp : scales large : in the upper jaw six 

 somewhat prominent front-teeth : upper lip ex- 

 tensile : Native of the Indian seas : observed by 

 Commerson. 



COMMERSONIAN SPARUS. 



Sparus Commersonii. S. argenteus, lineis lateralibus interruptis 



fuscis maculatus. 

 Silvery Sparus, spotted with interrupted brown lateral lines. 

 Spare Breton. Cepede. 4. p. 132. 



A small species : lower lip extensile to a very 

 considerable degree : observed about the coasts of 

 the Isle of France. 



