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TRILOBATE SPARE. 



Sparus Trilobatus. S. operculis elongatis, cauda trilobds 

 Sparus with elongated gill-covers, and trilobate tail. 

 Spare trilobe. Cepede. 4. p. ig6. 



Teeth small and equal : neck rising : lateral line 1 

 imperceptible : dorsal fin marked by several un- 

 equal and irregular streaks situated between the 

 rays : native country unknown : described by 

 Cepede from a specimen in the Paris Museum. 



A general apology must here be made for any 

 inaccuracies which in a tribe so numerous as the 

 present may occasionally have crept into the de- 

 scriptions ; and it is by no means improbable that 

 some of these fishes may in reality be rather varieties 

 than species truly distinct. Some of those observed 

 by Commerson, and described by the Count de 

 Cepede seem scarcely distinguished with sufficient 

 accuracy, and indeed the specific characters in 

 general, though composed with every possible at- 

 tention to precision, must be regarded with a 

 proper degree of indulgence. It is necessary to 

 observe that in the present arrangement are in- 

 cluded the genera of Lutianus and Anthias, as well 

 as some of the Blochian LabrL 



