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PISCES THORACICI. SPARUS. 
The colour of the head a dusky purple; of all the rest, including the fins, gray, but the scales on the trunk, 
having black margins, give the variegated appearance black and gray; the belly has a faint reddish cast. 
The subject described measured only eleven inches: they are sometimes brought of a size considerably 
larger. 
REMARKS. 
This species is in esteem, and often appears at the European tables; it is reckoned one of the rock fish, 
having the peculiar flavour belonging to that tribe. 
No. XCIII. 
Sparus caudafere Integra; cor pore rufo-albescente , operculo suh-serrato. 
The Sparus with a tail very slightly lunate; the body a reddish white; the operculum 
slightly serrated. 
Called by the Natives Chirtah. 
■II _I_ _3_ 
B . vii. D. 25. P. 16. V. 6. A. 12. C. 16. 
The body ovate; the scales remarkably small. 
The head large, compressed ; the front smooth, opercula squamous. The mouth, lips, jaws, teeth, tongue, 
eyes and nostrils, as usual. The palate rough. The anterior lamina of the opercula, a little serrated, the 
posterior acuminate. 
The back, and the lateral line arched, the belly rather prominent; the tail broad; the anus remote. 
The Jins. The dorsal interrupted, the spinous rays slender, compared with the last fish, and the posterior 
part blunt-pointed; the pectoral and ventral fins, long, narrow, acuminate; the point of the latter setaceous. 
The anal assurgent, rounded; the caudal fin slightly lunate. 
The colour of the head a reddish shining copper, that of the back is nearly the same intermixed with a dull 
white. The throat and belly whitish, with a yellowish red cast. The dorsal,anal, and caudal fins of a dull red; 
the pectoral and ventral pale red: the latter tipped with black. 
Length of the subject thirteen inches. 
No. xciv. 
Sparus cauda Integra ; spinis dorsalibus decern ; operculo sub-serrato; dorso et pinnis, purpu- 
rascentibus. 
The Sparus with an undivided tail; ten dorsal spines; the operculum slightly serrated; 
the back and the fins of a purplish colour. 
Called by the Natives Rangoo. 
IQ I 3 
B. vii. D. 23. P. 16. V. 6. A. 11. G. 17. 
The body of this species more oblong than the last; the scales larger and extended further on the fins. 
The head declivous, and the mouth low, as usual in the genus, nor is there any variation as to the jaws, lips, 
teeth, eyes, and nostrils; but the tongue here is rough, and there are a few teeth in the palate. The opercula 
and membrane, as in the last described, the belly is more straight and flat, and the tail broader: the lateral 
line less arched. 
