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PISCES THORACIC!. SPARUS. 
No. C. 
Sparus cauda biloba; spinis dorsalibus decern; corpore oblongo-ovato, vario; linea lateralis 
descendens. 
The Sparus with a tail unequally divided ; ten spines in the dorsal fin ; an oblong body 
variously coloured ; the lateral line descending. 
Called by the Natives Silaoo. 
10 J_ 
B. vii. D. 24. P. 16. V. 6. A. 12. G. 18. 
The body oblong-ovate; the back not much arched, the sides compressed, the belly convex. 
The head smooth, but less declivous than in most of the other species. Mouth large; fore teeth in the upper 
jaw long; tongue large, ovate, free, and like the palate, rough in the middle. The anterior lamina of the 
opercula slightly serrated. The lateral line very gently arched above the pectoral fin. 
The Jins. The dorsal and anal fins not broad, the posterior edge of both rounded; the pectoral short, 
acuminate; the ventral also acuminate; the caudal unequally divided, the lower lobe shortest. 
The colour. The cheeks spotted yellow, on a light ground; the back cinerious, the sides, belly and breast 
reddish; the dorsal and caudal fin purplish; the pectoral has a yellowish cast; the ventral and anal a yellowish 
red. Sometimes the caudal fin is of a darker red and each lobe tipped yellow. 
Length of the subject fifteen inches. 
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