1 14 ACANTHOPTERYGII. — CHiETODONTID^. 
Mr. Yarrell describes it as not particularly rare l| 
on our shores, enumerating the Frith of Clyde, i 
the coast of Argyle, the Frith of Forth, and 
St. Andrews, as localities in Scotland, where || 
it has been taken ; and, in England, Berwick !! 
Bay, the mouth of the Tees, the coast of Devon, L 
and that of Cornwall ; as well as at Swansea in i 
Wales, and at Belfast in Ireland. It occurs i : 
also all along the western shores of Europe, as 
far north as Norway, and is abundant in the Me- I 
diterranean. 
Ray’s Sea-Bream attains a length of thirty 
ray’s sea-bream. 
inches, and a height, including the fins, of about 
half as much. The eye is large, with the iris 
darker than the pupil ; the back is very dark i 
blue ; the upper part of the head coppery-brown, 
with a band of blue across the forehead ; the ' 
sides and belly are silvery, mingled with coppery 
and lake-pink hues on the upper parts, and marked ( 
with irregular dusky stripes on the sides ; the 
dorsal and anal fins, being scaled, shine like bur- 
nished silver. 
