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PEACOCK SPARUS. 



Spams Pavo. S. albidus, dorso subfusco, ocello utrinque nigra 



ad humeros et ad basin caudce. 

 Whitish Spams, with brownish back, and an ocellated black 



spot on each side the shoulders and base of the tail. 

 Spams saxatilis. Lin. Gmel. Block, t. 30<). 



Length about twelve inches : shape somewhat 

 like that of a Pike : from the eye strait along the 

 gill-covers on each side a black line : dorsal, anal, 

 and caudal fin marked with numerous round white 

 spots: pectoral and ventral plain: the black spot 

 on each side at the shoulders and tail bordered with 

 white. Native of the South-American seas, and 

 esteemed as a food. 



RADIATED SPARUS. 



Spams Radiatus. S, olvoaceo-fuscus, caruleo-maculatus, subtns 



Jlavescens, oculis rubris, orbitis cceruleo-radiatis. 

 Olive-brown Spams, spotted with blue, beneath yellowish, 



with red eyes and blue-rayed orbits. 

 Spams radiatus. Lin. Turdus oculo radiato. Catesby. 



Size of a Carp : at the base of each scale a blue 

 spot : fins yellow, with a narrow border of blue : 

 tail brown at the base, and orange at the tip : 

 beneath the breast a transverse orange band : native 

 of the American SQas. 



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