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PISCES THORACICI. SPARUS. 
No. CII. 
Sparus cauda sub-lunata; spinis ventralibus duabus , analibus septem; corpore lato-ovale, micro- 
lepidoto, lineolis pundisque cyaneis. 
The Sparus with a sub-lunate tail; two ventral spines, and seven anal; a broad oval 
body with small scales, and short azure lines and dots. 
Sparus spinus Linn. S. J\ r . p. 47 1 ? 
Called by the Natives Worahwah. 
Ji. 2 7 
B. 5. D. 23. P. 17. V. 5. A. 16 . C. 20. 
The body oval, compressed, squamous ; scales very small, imbricate, tenacious. 
The bead small, oval, compressed, without scales, the front depressed. The jaws projecting, form when shut a 
short rostrum; the mouth very small, roundish; no lips. Jaws extractile, of equal length; teeth equal, 
numerous, small, sharp. The tongue thick, smooth, immoveable. Palate narrow, smooth. Eyes high, large, 
orbicular: the anterior edge of the orbit somewhat rough. Nostrils double, distant from the eye and from 
each other, the hinder largest and oval. The opercula consist of three laminae, smooth, not serrated; the 
branchial membrane covered; the aperture very small. 
The trunk. The back, breast, and belly arched; the sides compressed; the tail small, roundish. The lateral 
line hardly discernible, curved, supreme. The anus nearer the head than the tail. 
The fins. The dorsal occupies the whole of the back, the spinous rays arched, the posterior part of the fin 
round pointed; the anal is of the same form, but has seven spinous rays ; the pectoral very low, the length of 
the head, acuminate above; the ventral short, remarkable for having two spinous rays, one on each side ; the 
caudal long, and lunate. 
The colour. The upper part of the head and lower opercula brown, with an obscure mixture of green, and 
powdered with pale blue dots, the cheeks of a sulphur yellow. The back and sides a dark brown, with blue 
dots, oval spots, and short lines, but towards the belly, with parallel fillets blue, and reddish brown, alternately; 
the breast slightly tinged of a dark orange. The pectoral fins are of a light colour, all the others dark, streaked 
here and there with orange. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length, from the rostrum to the caudal fin ----- 9 o 
caudal fin - - - - - - - - - 2 
Greatest breadth 
4 
6 
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