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STIGMA SPARUS. 



Sparus Stigma. S. pinna dorsali ramentacea, operculis inustis. 

 Lin, Syst. Nat. 



Sparus with ramentose dorsal fin and gill-covers marked by a 



spot resembling the impression of a hot iron. 

 Perca Stigma. Jan, Gmel, 



PENTAGRAM SPARUS. 



Sparus Pentagramma. S. fasciis quinque longitudinalibus albis 



Juscisque alternis, pinna dorsali ramentacea. 

 Spams with the body marked by five longitudinal alternate 

 brown and white bands. 

 s Ferca lineata. Lin. Gmel. 



Described by Linnaeus in the Museum Adolphi 

 Friderici as a species of Sciaena. Native region 

 unknown. 



SILVERY SPARUS. 



Sparus Argenteus. S» argenteus, pinna dorsali macula nigra, 



naribus tubulosis. 

 Silvery Sparus, with tubular nostrils, and a black spot on the 



dorsal fin, 

 Perca argentea. Lin. Gmel, 



Native of the American seas : described by 

 Linnaeus in the Museum Adolphi Friderici. 



