PISCES THORACIC!. SPARUS. 
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No. XCI. 
Sparus candci bilobata; spirits pinrue dorsalis undecem ; corpore lato, sub ovale, lineis longitudi- 
nalibus, parallelis, aureis argenteisque , alternatim . 
The Sparus with a divided tail of two unequal lobes, eleven spines in the dorsal fin, 
a broad sub-oval body, with longitudinal, parallel lines alternately gold and silver. 
Called by the Natives Chitchillee. 
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B. vi. D. 24. P. 15. V. 6. A. 14. C. 18. 
The breast and belly being here more convex than usual in this genus, gives the fish more of an oval form. 
The head is short, almost truncate; but the mouth, teeth, tongue, palate, eyes, nostrils, and scaly, acu¬ 
minate opercula, are nearly as in the fish last described. The branchial membrane consists of six rays, half 
concealed. 
The dorsal spines form an arch; the soft rays of the dorsal and anal fins nearly of equal length, and the ends 
fibrous; the pectoral and ventral sharp pointed; the caudal divided; the upper lobe a little longer than 
the lower. 
The colour, varies in subjects of different size; in the one now described, the front was of a dark, shining 
green, the rest of the head silvery. The back and sides were striped longitudinally with narrow fillets gold 
and silver alternately, curve above the lateral line but straight below it. The dorsal fin ash colour with a black 
border, the ossicles silvery: the other fins pale yellow with orange margins. 
In smaller subjects the fillets instead of gold were red above the line, and of a dusky yellow below it, in 
which case, there was a mixture of red on the fin. 
The length , thirteen inches, and seldom exceeds sixteen. 
The fish is not in much esteem for the table. 
No. XCII. 
Sparus cauda sub-bifida; corpore vario, cinereo et nigro; spina ventralis, et secundci pinna 
analis robustissima. 
The Sparus with a somewhat bifid tail; the body variegated black and gray, the ventral 
spine, and the second anal spine, remarkably large and strong. 
Called by the Natives Calamara. 
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B. v. D. 23. P. 15. V. 6. A. 1 3. G. 18. 
This species agrees in the essential generic characters. The head is sharper, the mouth higher, and the hinder 
part of the body fuller and rounder, than in the last species. 
The spinous rays of the fins, particularly the ventral, and second anal, remarkably large. The pectoral fin 
long, broad and pointed. The ventral situated between two long, sharp, scale-like lamina, are likewise large. 
