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SCALE-BACKED SCLENA. 



Sciaena Lepisma. S. pinna dorsali intra duo folia squamea re- 



condenda. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 480. 

 Sciaena with the dorsal fin retractile between two scaly leaves. 



Native of the Mediterranean ? 



SINGLE-SPOTTED SCLENA. 



Sciaena Unimaculata. S, macula fusca in medio utriusque Uteris. 



Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 480. 

 Sciaena with a brown spot on each side the middle of the body. 



Native of the Mediterranean. 



BOHAR SCLENA. 



Sciaena Bohar. S. oblonga rubescens, lineis nebulisque albentibus. 

 Oblong, reddish Sciaena, with whitish lines and clouds. 

 Sciaena Bohar. Forsk. arab. 



Native of the Arabian seas. 



GIBBOUS SCLENA. 



Sciaena Gibbosa. S. rubescens, albo-punctata, dorso gibbo. 

 Reddish Sciaena, with white specks and gibbous back. 

 Sciasna gibba. Forsk. arab. 



Native of the Arabian seas : body oval : scales 

 red, tipped with white : greatly allied to S. Bohar, 



