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RHOMBOID SPARUS. 



Sparus Rhomboides. S. subrhombeus griseus, luteo longitudi- 

 naliter striatus, macula utrinque versus caput nigra. 



Subrhomboid grey Sparus, with yellow longitudinal streaks, 

 and a black spot on each side towards the head. 



S. rhomboides. Lin. Qmtl. 



Shape subrhomboid, and very deep : size of a 

 Perch : colour cinereous, with yellow stripes : fins 

 and tail yellow. Native of the American seas. If 

 this species be the Perca rhomboidalis of Catesby 

 there must be a mistake either in his figure, or in 

 the arrangement of the species, since he represents 

 it with the tail pretty deeply forked. 



RETICULATED SPARUS. 



Sparus Reticulatus. S.fuscus, corpore albo-reticulato. 

 Brown Sparus, with the body reticulated with white. 

 Sparus capistratus. Lin. Gtnel. 



Shape oblong, resembling that of a Holibut : 

 scales loosely imbricated, and each marked towards 

 the end by a squarish white spot or bar, causing a 

 reticular appearance on the body : in the upper 

 jaw two large front-teeth, and in the lower four : 

 dorsal fin almost the length of the back ; native of 

 the American seas. 



