THE 
CORO SCI^NA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Head scaly. 
Dorsal jins two, seated in a furrow, into which 
they may occasionally withdrawn 
Gill-Membrane six-raj ed. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, tj^c. 
Silvery- blue Ish Sciaenag with brownish backp 
and body marked on each side with eight 
transverse brown bands. 
Sciaena Coro, 
Block ickth. pL 307. £ 2o 
The Corocoro of the Brasilians. 
The present sptcies of Scisena is an inhabitant of the 
JBrasilian seas, where it grows to the length of twelve 
or fifteen inches. 
