THE 
B E AUTIFUL S P A R U S. 
Generic Character. 
Teeth (generally) ftrong, and fomewhat obtufe. 
Lips double. 
Membrane of the Gills furnifhed (generally) with 
5 rays. 
PeTtoral Fins of a rounded form. 
Specific Character. 
RED SPARUS, with the various longitudinal 
marks on the body and the tip of the tail 
blue. 
The beautiful fifh here reprefented, is amongft the 
number of thofe which are not to be found in the Syf- 
tema Naturae of Linnaeus. The genus to which it be¬ 
longs fhould, according to Linnaeus’s own rules, be 
that of Spams ; but it mud be confeffed that the cha¬ 
racters of the two Linnaean genera of Sparus and La- 
brus are not quite fufficiently diftinguifhed, and feve- 
ral fpecies may be obferved which might with almoft 
equal propriety be referred to either genus. As a proot 
of this, I cannot but obferve, that in the Work of As- 
CANius, entitled Figures cnlumnces d'HiJloire Naturelk 
