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GIBBOUS SPARUS. 



Spams Gibbus. S. cceruleo aurantioque Tarius, pinna dorsali 



analique nigro-maculatis. 

 Spams with blue and orange variegations, and the dorsal and 



anal fin spotted with black. 

 Labrus gibbus. Lin. Gmel. Gibbous "Wrasse. Venn. 



Described by Mr. Pennant in the British 

 Zoology : shape and size of a Perch, but the back 

 more arched : scales large : dorsal and anal fin 

 sea-green spotted with black : pectoral yellow, 

 crossed with red at the base : ventral and anal 

 large, and of a pea-green colour : native of the 

 British seas. 



OLIVACEOUS SPARUS, 



Sparus Olivaceus. S. olivaceo-viridis, suhtus argenteus^ operculis 

 apice macula ccerulea rubro marginata, macula caudali nigra. 



Olive-green Sparus, beneath silvery, with the gill-covers marked 

 at the tip by a blue spot edged with red, and a black spot on 

 each side the tail. 



Sparus olivaceus. Lin. Gmel. 



A very small species : front-teeth sharp : the 

 middle ones remote : fins of the same colour with 

 the body : tail rufous ; native of the Mediter- 

 ranean. 



