THE 
ABILGARDIAN SPARUS, 
GENERIC CHARACTER. © 
Leeth strong: front-teeth in some species dis- 
posed in a single row, in others in a double, 
treble, or quadruple row. 
Grinders (in most species) convex, smooth, and 
forming a kind of pavement in the mouth, 
Lips thick: g7//-covers unarmed, scaly, 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 
Whitish Sparus, with dusky back, and large 
hexagonal scales. 
Gen. Zool. 4. p. 412, 
Sparus Abilgardi, 
Bloch. pl. 259. 

This fish is principally observed in the American 
seas, and grows to the length of eighteen inches or two 
feet, 
