468 



MARKED SPARUS. 



Spams Notatus. S.Jlavescens fusco maculatus, macula utrinque 



nigra ad basin caudce. 

 Yellowish Sparus, spotted with brown, and with a black spot 



on each side the base of the tail. 

 Lutianus notatus. Block, t. 251. f, 2. 



Length about five inches : scales of moderate 

 size : orbit surrounded with tubular pores : dorsal 

 and caudal fin striped with brown : native of the 

 Indian seas. 



LINKIAN SPARUS. 



Spams Linkii. S. violaceus, abdomine subargenteo, rostro sub- 



elongato, pinnis pectoralibus rotundatis. 

 Violaceous Sparus, with subargenteous abdomen, subelongated 



snout, and rounded pectoral fins. 

 Lutianus Linkii. Block, t. 252. 



Length near a foot : scales rather large : eyes 

 blue : lips doubled : teeth small : fins pale. Native 

 region unknown : described by Bloch from the 

 Linkian collection. 



