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PANTHER SPARUS. 



Spams Pantherinus. S. griseus, capite abdomineque nigro-punc- 

 tatis. 



Grey Spams, with the head and abdomen speckled with black. 

 Spare pantherin. Cepede. 4. p. 53. 



Lower jaw elevated against the upper, and fur- 

 nished with four large teeth : head, gill-covers, and 

 abdomen freckled with unequal, round, black spots : 

 neck raised and rounded : native of the Indian 

 seas : observed by Commersom 



BRACHTATED SPARE. 



Spams Brachiatus. S. yinnis ventralibus basi brachiatis. 

 Spams with the ventral fins brachiated at the base. 

 Spare brachion. Cepede. 4. p. 1 60. 



Mentioned by Cepede from the MSS. of Com- 

 merson, who observed it in the Indian seas: neither 

 size nor colours specified : dorsal and anal fin very 

 broad and long : the anal is also marked by small 

 specks : six very large and flat teeth in front of 

 the upper jaw, and eight in the lower ; head and 

 gill-covers without scales. 



