PISCES THORACICI. SPARUS. 
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middle, large, round, iris pearl. Nostrils high, between the upper edge of the orbit and the front. The opercula 
two-leaved, with a black spot on the upper edge of the hinder lamina: the membrane easily discerned. 
The lateral line somewhat carinate, a little arched, but less than the back. The anus middle. 
Therms. Two dorsal, the one scapular of seven spines, the other lumbar, ramous, slender; the pectoral 
short, acuminate at the top; the ventral still shorter, acuminate at the middle; the anal longer than the opposite 
dorsal, but like it in form, and has two very small obscure spines, at its rise ; the caudal unequally divided 
into two lobes, of which the under is the largest. 
The colour a glossy white, but the back, like mother of pearl, reflects a variety of colours. The second dorsal, 
the anal, and caudal fins, have somewhat of a yellowish cast. 
The length, nine inches. 
The fish is of a very indifferent quality, being flabby and insipid. 
No. CIX. 
Sparus ? cauda integra acuminata ; spinis dorsalibus undecem; corpore lanceolato , versicolore, 
resplendente. 
The Sparus with a tail undivided, acuminate in the middle ; eleven dorsal spines; a 
lanceolate body, of changeable colours and resplendent. 
Called by the Natives Pottee Kanasah. 
IO I 
B vii. D. 10. 21. P. 17. V. 6. A. 9. G. 16. 
The body oblong-lanceolate, compressed ; scales close, ciliate, a little rough, tenacious. 
The head, large, ovate, compressed, squamous, the front flatfish. The mouth very wide, somewhat oblique; 
the upper jaw longest. Teeth as represented in the figure. Tongue ovate, thin at the point, smooth, moveable; 
palate tuberculate, throat denticulate; eyes high, near the rostrum, middle size, somewhat oval. Nostrils near 
the orbit, oval. 
Opercula large, of three laminae, squamous, the anterior sub-serrated, the posterior acuminate. The branchial 
membrane half covered; the aperture proportional. 
The trunk. The back carinate, rises a little at the dorsal fin and is then gently arched; the sides compressed, 
but convex; the belly slightly convex; the tail compressed, carinate above; the lateral line raised, conspicuous, 
rising from the upper edge of the opercula, at first a little arched, then descending (not parallel to the back) 
it runs straight to the middle of the caudal fin. The anus remote. 
The Jins. The dorsal interrupted ; appears at first to be double, the anterior portion composed of declining, 
soft spines, the posterior, of ramous rays, nearly equal; the pectoral long, acuminate at the middle; the ventral 
short, has no spine, acuminate at top; the anal also remarkably short, rounded; the caudal acuminate at the 
middle, and remains distended after death. 
The colour of the upper part of the head, and the back, green, dark blue, and golden, beautifully changing; 
the rest, below the line, pearl. The fins light, with a yellow cast. 
The length, including the caudal fin, one foot two inches; the breadth, three inches and a half. 
