534 BASSE SCUENA. 



and longer than the lower: teeth small: first dorsal 

 fin triangular, and pale brown ; the second white 

 with a brown stripe ; pectoral, ventral, and caudal, 

 dusky ; anal red : tail slightly lunated : at the base 

 of the gill-covers a black spot, and beneath the 

 chin a short fleshy beard : native of the Mediter- 

 ranean and other seas : known to the ancient 

 Greeks and Romans, by whom it was held in con- 

 siderable estimation as a food. 



BASSE SCIiENA,. 



Scisena Labrax. S. subargentea, dorsofusco, pinnis flaxo-rvbmti- 



busy caudali fusca. 

 Subargenteous Scisena, with brown back, yellowish-red fins, 



and dusky tail. 

 Scisena Labrax. Block. Perca Labrax. Lin, 

 Basse. Penn, Brit Zool. 



Habit of a Salmon : size considerable, growing, 

 according to some authors, to the len^tli of several 

 feet : colour blueish silvery, with a dusky cast on 

 the back: scales rather small : eyes reddish: mouth 

 and gill-covers tinged with pale red : tail slightly 

 forked : lateral line nearly strait : native of the 

 Mediterranean and Northern seas, and often enter- 

 ing rivers : known to the ancients by the names of 

 Labrax and Lupus, and much esteemed as a food, 

 particularly by the Romans. 



