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GALILiEAN SPARUS. 



Sparus Gaiilaeus. S. virescens, abdomine albido. 

 Greenish Sparus, with whitish abdomen. 

 . Sparus Gaiilaeus. Lin. Hasselq. it. 343. 



Native of Palestine, inhabiting the lake Gene- 

 sareth, in which being very common it is supposed 

 to have been the principal species in the miracu- 

 lous draught of fishes recorded by St. Luke. 



ROCK SPARUS. 



Spams Rupestris. S. griseus, fusco transversim fasciatus, pinna 



dorsi ramentacea, antice macula fusca. 

 Grey Sparus, with dusky transverse bands, and ramentose 



dorsal fin, marked on the fore-part by a black spot. 

 Labrus rupestris. Lin. Gmel. Lutianus rupestris. Block. 



Native of the Northern seas, frequenting the 

 shores: size of a small Perch: from the eyes to 

 (the mouth on each side three blue stripes. 



