FISHES. THORACIC. 28. Spams. 
'‘'‘■finctus Body conftridled in the middle. 
Inhabits Nerv Holland. Zool. N. HolL tab. 6. 
Body greenlfh with 7 franfverle bars ; head Ihiall ; viimth ob* 
lique ; upper gill-cover I'errate, with an incurved fpine on 
the edge, about the middle ; dorfal Sns 2, 
the fpines grooved. 
Inhabits .S'utnatrtJ. Linn. Tranf. 
Body above greenifh-yellow, beneath whitilh with paler fpots ; 
li-ales Imall, oboval ; flefli good. 
Iris filvery-yellow ; gill-cover of 2 pieces ; lateral line parallel 
with the back ; vent between the ventral fins and nearer the 
head ; fins greenilh, without Ipots ; tail bifid. 
JDorfi. aj t pect. 18 ; vent. ^ t an. « : caud. 18 rays, 
j' . 
Body 16 brown longitudinal llreaks ; head with 3 
black bands. 
Inhabits Sumatra : 3 inches long. Lvnn. TranJ. ^. 34. 
Body with a black band, edged with yellow m the dorfal fin, 
another at the bafe of the anal fin, and a third through the 
middle pf the tail ; Icales ciliatc, large on the trunk and 
linall on the head. r ■ , 
Iris brown; mouth very finall ; gill-cover of 2 pieces; la- 
teral line near the back, and broken ai the end of the dorlal 
fin ; vent nearer- the tail ; fins yellow ; tail lomewliat 
rounded. 
Dorf. II : peB. 14 : vent, an. : caud. 16 rays. 
28. SPARUS. Teeth (generally) ftrong ; the 
o-rinders fomewhat obtufe and crowd- 
ed : lips doubled ; gill-membrane 5-ray- 
ed ; the cover fcaly : body compref- 
fed : lateral-line curved on the hind- 
part : pedloral fins rounded. 
A. Marled with a black fpot. 
Between the eyes a femilunar gold 
Inhabits 
