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PISCES THORAGICI. SPARUS, 
No. XC. 
Sparus caudafere Integra; corpore etpinnis rubris. 
The Sparus with a tail nearly entire; the body and fins red. 
Sparus Erythrinus Linn. S. N. p. 4 69 ? 
Called by the Natives Jahngarah. 
ii J _ 3 
B. vii. D. 25. P. 17. V. 6. A. 12. C. 18. 
The body oblong-ovate, compressed, red; scales large, roundish, a little ciliate at the edge, the base striate, 
imbricate, firm, extended on the fins. 
The bead large, compressed, declivous, front and face smooth, without scales, fleshy. Mouth low, nearly 
horizontal, large; lips thick, soft. Jaws of equal length, extractile. Teeth numerous, partly small, straight, 
partly large, recurve. Tongue large, sub-ovate, smooth, moveable. The palate rough. Eyes high, remote 
from the rostrum, large, orbicular, prominent. Nostrils double, near the rostrum, one oval, large, the anterior 
one oblong, divided. 
The opercula squamous, the posterior lamina acuminate. The branchial membrane exposed; the aperture 
large, lateral and gular. 
The trunk. The back carinate, and rising in an arch from the vertex to the middle of the dorsal fin, slopes 
gradually to the tail; the sides compressed, convex; the breast and belly rounded, not prominent; the tail 
broad and compressed. The lateral line high, arched, at first runs parallel to the back, then straight along the 
middle of the tail to the fin. The anus nearer the tail than the head. 
The jfrzs. The spinous rays of the dorsal arched, the others assurgent to the ninth, and then gradually 
shorten; the pectoral very long, acuminate in the middle, setaceous ; the ventral, in like manner, acuminate, 
and setaceous; the anal ascendent, but rounded at the end, and all the rays, as in the dorsal, exceeding the 
membrane. The anal broad, and sub-lunate. 
The colour of the whole fish, the fins included, a beautiful red, but the head and back, deepest; and beneath 
the lateral line, part of the white scales appearing gives it more of a pink colour. 
Length , one foot eight inches. 
REMARKS. 
About the beginning of March, this fish is caught in abundance with hook and line, from katamarans on 
the outside of the surf. They are strung as caught, and dragged astern of the katamaran to the beach, where 
they are sold at a dubs a piece.* It is an excellent fish for the table. They are caught also in nets. 
* A halfpenny. 
