43.2 



BLUE SPARUS. 



this species by its name. Dr. Bloch, with perhaps 

 equal propriety, considered it as a Perch, under the 

 title of Perca Japonica. In fact, in the numerous 

 tribe of thoracic fishes many species may be found 

 which can hardly be said to belong, with strict pro- 

 priety, to any of the established genera. 



BLUE SPARUS. 



Spams Caeruleus. S. totus ccerukus y squamis magnis hexagonis 

 radiatis. 



Spams entirely of a blue colour, with large hexagonal radiated 



scales. 



S. Holocyaneose. Cepede. 4. p. 141. 



Slightly described by Cepede from one of Plu- 

 nder's drawings, in which it is called Turdus marinus 

 totus cceruleus, a fine blue being the universal 

 colour of the fish. It is dangerous to attempt 

 descriptions of animals from drawings alone: a 

 practice to which the Count de Cepede seems in 

 many instances too much devoted. The pectoral 

 fins in this species are falcated, and the tail deeply 

 lunated : the head without scales, and the jaws of 

 equal length : native of the American seas. 



