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LIVID SPARUS. 



Spams Lividus. 8. livens, gula marginibusque pirinarum ccemkis, 



pinna dorsali ramentacea. 

 Livid-brown Sparus, with the fins bordered with blue, and the 



dorsal fin ramentose*. 

 Labrus livens. Lin, Gmel. 



Length about twelve inches : colour livid brown : 

 lateral line at first curved, and afterwards strait. 

 Native of the Mediterranean. 



VARIEGATED SPARUS* 



Sparus Varius. S, purpureo, viridi, cceruleo^ nigroque varius. 

 Sparus variegated with green, purple, black, and blue. 

 Sparus varius. Lin. Gmel. Will. p. 300'. 



A beautiful species : teeth in the upper jaw 

 strong and close-set : beneath the abdomen two 

 purplish red spots : tail blue : native of the Me- 

 diterranean, and said to be excellent for the table, 



* Furnished with small processes projecting beyond the 

 membrane* 



