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SPANISH BREAM 
Axillary Bream, Yabuell; Br. Fishes, vol. i., p. 122. 
JPagellus Owenii, GumnEB’s Catalogue of the Br. Museum, 
vol. i., p. 478. 
This is one of the fishes on the synonymes of -which doubt is 
thrown by Dr. Gunther, as quoted above ; and on which there- 
fore, in conformity with a rule already laid down, we must be 
contented to make our remarks without reference to other authors j 
hut it is the best known to Cornish fishermen of all the species 
of Sea Breams that wander to our shores only on unusual occa- 
sions; and with them it bears the name of Spanish Bream; that 
name not being applied, as Mr. Yarrcll seems to have understood, 
to the Erythrinus, which was the subject of our last article; 
unless indeed it may have so happened by their confounding 
one with the other. 
We only meet -with single examples of this fish; which are 
usually caught with a common baited hook among other Sea 
Breams, in the summer and autumn. As, however, this fish 
hears some near resemblance to the fish next to be described, 
a close description will be best made by a comparison of one 
with the other. 
The weight scarcely exceeds two thirds of that of the Common 
Bream; the body rather more slender, head flatter on the top, 
eye smaller and more oval. Before the eye the snout more 
protruded, gape -wider; the grinding teeth broader and more 
blunt. Scarcely a dej)ression before the eyes to receive the 
nasal orifices; while in the common species they are conspicuous. 
Dorsal fin more elevated, the anal wider. The pectoral fin 
reaches opposite the vent, but in the Common Bream to the 
third ray of the anal fin. As we only meet with it in its full 
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