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TEN-SPINED SPARUS. 



Sparus Decacanthus. S. fusco-Jlavescens, albo longitudinaliter 

 lineatuSi pinna dorsali ramentacea, radiis decern spinosis. 



Yellowish-brown Spams, with longitudinal white lines, and 

 ramentose dorsal fin with ten spiny rays. 



Labrus striatus. Lin. Gmel. Lutianus decacanthus. Cepede. 



Native of the American seas. 



SCINA SPARUS. 



Spams Scina. S. virescens, nebuhs albis Jlavisque, oculis 

 viridibus. 



Greenish Sparus, with white and yellow clouds, and green eyes. 

 Labrus Scina. Lin. Gmel, Forsk. Arab. 



Front-teeth very large : pectoral fins yellowish, 

 and not spotted : the rest obscurely yellow, spotted 

 with blue : inhabits the Constantinople sea. 



LAP IN A SPARUS. 



Sparus Lapina. S. fuscus, subtus albicans, lateribus linea rubro- 

 punctata triplici, pinnis pectoralibus Jlavis, venlralibus cceruleis, 

 ceteris violaceis. 



Brown Sparus, whitish beneath, with the sides marked by a 

 triple red-spotted line, the pectoral fins yellow, the ventral 

 blue, and the rest violet. 



Labrus Lapina. Lin. Gmel. Forsk. Arab. 



Shape ovate- oblong : head marked on the sides 

 with red spots, and beneath the eyes with blue 

 undulations : inhabits the seas about Constanti- 

 nople. 



