PISCES THORACIC!. SPARUS. 
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No. CXII. 
Sparus cauda lunulata ; capite ovato, acutiusculo; spinis analibus tribus. 
The Sparus with a lunulate tail; an ovate, rather sharpish head; and three anal spines. 
Called 
n _*_ j 
B. . D. 22, P. 15. V. 6. A. is. G. 17. 
REMARKS. 
The descriptions of No. CXI. and CXII. having, by some accident been lost, it was not in my power to 
give more than merely the specific characters. 
No. CXIII. 
Sparus ? capite sub-anguloso ; rostro elongate, obtuso ; cauda emarginata ; pinnis dorsalibus 
duabus. 
The Sparus with a head somewhat angular ; an elongated, obtuse rostrum ; the tail 
emarginate ; two dorsal fins. 
Called by the Natives Soring. 
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B. vi. D. IT. 23. P. IS. V. 6. A. 23. G. 18. 
The body lanceolate, somewhat roundish, pellucid; scales large, close, ciliate, rough to the finger when 
stroked upwards. 
The head oblong-ovate, smaller than the body, somewhat angular; naked, smooth, except the front of the 
rostrum, which is squamous, and has a long groove on each side. The mouth small, roundish; hardly any lips. 
Jaws extractile, short, the inferior much shorter than the upper. Teeth very small, setaceous, and, except in 
old subjects, the jaws seem only rough like a file. No tongue visible. Palate narrow, the forepart rough like 
the jaws, the rest smooth. The eyes high, remote from the point of the rostrum, large, round, iris yellow. 
Nostrils in the groove near the orbit, double, the posterior largest. The three laminae of the opercula, 
squamous, the anterior a little serrate, the middle scabrous, the posterior moveable. 
The branchial membrane thin, half covered; aperture arched, lateral. 
The trunk. The back straight, but a little convex, the hinder part carinate; the belly and throat rather 
prominent; sides and tail compressed. Lateral line high, curves gently to the middle of the tail, then straight, 
middle. Anus nearly central. 
The Jins. Two dorsal, the first scapular, consists of eleven soft spines, the first ray one inch and two thirds 
in length, the last one third of an inch; the posterior fin declines also, and reaches nearly to the tail; the 
pectoral low, short, acuminate at top; the ventral, the length of the pectoral, but broader, has no spinous ray. 
The anal fin of the same form with the second dorsal, but broader; the caudal distant, sub-bifid. 
The colour. The crown and rostrum a faint reddish purple, the rest of the face a pale orange; the trunk a 
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