PLATE 45 
THE 
NATURAL HISTORY 
OF 
BRITISH FISHES. 
PLATE LXXIII. 
SPARUS DENTEX. 
TOUR-TOOTHED SPARUS. 
4 PISCES THORACICI. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Teeth strong, those in front disposed in one series, or more: 
g''inders somewhat obtuse and crowded : lips doubled in most spe- 
^'es : branchiostegous membrane five-rayed, cover scaly : body com- 
pressed : lateral line incurvated behind : pectoral fin rounded. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Tail furcated : body reddish, variegated with fuscous : four teeth in 
^ach jaw larger than the others., 
?Parus Dentex : cauda furcata, corpore rufescente fuscoque 
varlegato, dentibus quatuor majoribus. 
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