CINEREOUS GUAPERVA, 
recognise our Cinereous Guaperva : the beau- 
tiful figure of which we have copied from the 
celebrated Planches Enliuiiinees ; which refers, 
for it's description, to L'Histoire Generale des 
Trois Regnes de la Nature ; barely observing, 
that it is one of those species of fish which arc 
said to be very dangerous to eat at certain sea- 
sons, and is met with near the Isles of France 
and Bourbon. 
In Valmont-Bomare's Di6lionary of Natural 
History, published a fev^ years since at Paris, 
we find the following slight notice of this 
fish — The Cinereous Guaperva," says this 
writer, " is more rare than the preceding spe- 
cies. It has, near the tail, a black spot, pre- 
ceded by three semi-circular bands of a fine 
blue colour. It has, also, a black band, which 
commences above the eye, and terminates to- 
ward the pedloral fin." 
