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SILVER-SPOTTED SCLENA. 



Sciaena Argentata. S.fusca, argenteo-maculafa. 

 Brown Sciaena, with silvery spots. 

 Sciaena argento-maculata. Forsk. arabj t 



Much allied to S. Bohar : lower lip longer than 

 the upper : from each eye to the mouth a curved 

 blue streak : colour of the scales on the upper parts 

 blackish, with silvery margins and tips : on the 

 abdomen rufescent, with pale margins : fins dusky 

 rufous ; the dorsal fin glaucous. Native of the 

 Arabian seas. 



RED SCLffiNA. 



Sciaena Rubra. S. obscure rubra, vittis utrinque octo longi- 



tudinalibus subalbentibus. 

 Dull-red Sciaena, with eight longitudinal whitish bands on each 



side. 



S. rubra. Forsk. arab. Lin. GmeL 



Eyes red ; orbit spiny and serrate : teeth short 

 and setaceous : dorsal fins connected ; the first 

 whitish, with two longitudinal red bands : scales 

 spiny at the edges : native of the Arabian seas. 



