TI'HE 
BLACK-FINNED SPARUS. 
Generic Character. 
Teeth strong; Front- Teeth, disposed in a single, 
double, treble, or quadruple row. 
Grinders (in most species) convex, smooth, and 
disposed in ranges, forming a kind of pave¬ 
ment in the mouth. 
Lips thick: Gill-Covers unarmed, smooth, 
scalj. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Purplish SPAEUS, with yellowish-green abdo¬ 
men, orbits of the eyes radiated by green 
streaks, and black fins. 
Black-Finned SPARUS. 
Gen. Zool. 4. p. 451. 
The black-finned Spams is seen chiefly in the In¬ 
dian seas, and usually measures about twelve inches 
in length. 
