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PISCES THORACICI. SPARUS. 
No. CVII. 
Sparus cauda bilobata; spinis mollibus pinna dorsi undecem; corpore lanceolato, vittis sub- 
rubris etJlavis , alterne. 
The Sparus with a tail unequally divided; eleven soft spines in the dorsal fin ; the body 
lanceolate, with alternate reddish and tawny fillets. 
Called by the Natives Lama Guliminda. 
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B. v. D. 19. P. 16. V. 6. A. 10. C. 21. 
The body lanceolate, compressed; scales large, rounded behind, but the anterior edge truncate, which is not 
uncommon. 
The bead ovate, compressed, the rostrum obtuse, the front a little depressed, the face striated; the mouth 
rather small; the teeth straight, regular, numerous. The tongue and palate smooth; the eyes high, backward, 
rather oval; the nostrils double, in a furrow near the orbit. 
The squamous opercula consist of three laminae, moveable, but hide the membrane. 
The trunk. The back very little assurgent and slopes very gradually to the tail; the belly almost straight. 
The lateral line at first arched a little above the pectoral fin, descends afterwards parallel to the back; the 
anus middle. 
The jins. The spinous part of the dorsal arched, the hinder part ascending; the pectoral middle, short, 
acuminate above; the ventral with a setaceous tail; the anal like the ramous part of the dorsal to which it is 
opposite: the caudal bilobed, the upper lobe longest. 
The colour. The head and back have a reddish cast; the sides cinereous, with narrow fillets alternately pale 
red, and faint yellow; the throat and belly a bright silver; the dorsal and caudal fins nearly the colour of the 
back, the other fins whitish. 
The length, ten inches. 
REMARKS. 
The fish is firm and of good flavour, somewhat resembling the red mullet, and goes by the name Guliminda 
among the fishermen. 
No. CVIII. 
Sparus cauda bilobata; spinis dorsalibus septem; corpore ovaio-oblongo , alepidoto , albescente, 
dorso versicolore; macula nigra ad opercula ; pinnis dorsalibus duabus. 
The Sparus with a bilobed tail; seven dorsal spines; the body ovate-oblong, without 
scales, whitish, the back of changeable colours: a small black spot on the operculum. 
Two dorsal fins. 
Called by the Natives Chundawaii. 
B. vii. D. 7.—23. P. 16. V. 6. A. 26. C. IS. 
The body ovate-oblong, compressed; no scales perceptible, skin striated, polished, whitish, resplendent. 
The head ovate, compressed; the front convex, face smooth; the mouth oblique, large; the lower jaw 
longer than the upper, rises obliquely; the tongue small, smooth, moveable; palate rough. The eyes nearly 
