PISCES THORACICI. SPARUS. 
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whitish, with red edges. The dorsal, anal, and caudal fins, of the same colour with the head, but edged with 
white, and tipped black; the pectoral and ventral, pale pink. 
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Length from the rostrum to the caudal fin ----- 8 o 
caudal fin - -- -- -- -- - 2 o 
Greatest breadth - ^ 8 
No. CVI. 
Sparus cauda bijida; spinis dorsalibus decern; lamina aculeata, serrata, infra orbilem; oper- 
cidis serratis. 
The Sparus with a forked tail; ten dorsal spines; the opercula serrated; and a serrated 
lamina armed with a spine under the orbit. 
Called by the Natives Kurite. 
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B. v. D. 2\. P. 16. V. 6. A.n. C. is. 
The body ovate, compressed ; the back arched, the breast and belly convex; the tail narrow. 
The head declivous, compressed, squamous. Mouth small; lips rather thick; teeth numerous, very small, 
close. Eyes very large, oval. Nostrils oval. Under each orbit a squamous lamina armed above with a flat 
curve spine, the lower edge serrated; two lamellae at the rise of the lateral line, the upper semicircular, which 
as well as the anterior lamina of the operculum were likewise serrated. 
The lateral line high, arched, parallel to the back, conspicuous, but not carinate. The anus remote. 
The colour. The head and back a darkish red, with an intermixture of yellowish green; the breast light 
coloured ; the belly white with a slight yellow cast; the fins of a golden yellow. 
The length of the subject eight inches. 
REMARKS. 
The two fish immediately preceding the subject just described, (No. CIV. and CV.) belong indisputably to 
the genus Holocentrus of Artedi: the eight ventral rays, and the spiculi on each edge of the caudal fin, 
sufficiently denote them. Though these characters are wanting in the present subject, there are others besides 
the big eye, which seemingly indicate an affinity. 
It may be further remarked, that of the Holocentri described by Bloch, the first excepted, none have caudal 
spiculi, nor eight ventral rays : and the first only has eight branchial ossicles. 
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