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ARABIAN PERCH. 



Perca Arabica. P. argentea, lineis longitudinalibus nigris, macula 



caudali viridi-aurea medio nigra. 

 Silvery Perch, with longitudinal black lines, and tail marked 



by a green-gold spot with black middle. 

 Perca Arabica. Lin. Gmel. Forsk. Arab. 



Teeth long, subulate, strait, and distant, three 

 of which on each side are larger than the rest : at 

 the bottom of the palate are also several small 

 setaceous teeth : scales broad, lax, and deciduous, 

 disposed in about ten rows on each side : tail 

 slightly bifid, with pointed lobes : gill-covers scarce 

 distinctly serrated : native of the Arabian seas. 



LOPHAR PERCH. 



Perca Lophar. P. argentea, dorso olivaceo, pinnis ventralibub 

 adnatis. 



Silvery Perch, with olivaceous back, and adnate ventral fins. 

 Perca Lophar. Lin. Gmel. Forsk. Arab. 



Size and habit of a Herring : ventral fin united 

 at the base and affixed by a membrane to the keel of 

 the abdomen : tail forked, with the tips of the rays 

 black : native of the Arabian seas. 



