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S p a r u s cauda biloba: sfin is dorsalibus decem: e c fo r e oblongo-ovato. vario; linea lateralis
descendens.
T h e S p a r u s w ith a ta i l u n e q u a lly d iv id e d ; ten sp in e s in th e dorsal fin ; an o blong b o d y
v.irio u sly coloured ; the latera l lin e d e scen d in g .
Called b y the Natives S i l a o o .
B . v ii. D . 2 4 . p . 16. K ? . A . f i . C. 18.
T h e body oblong-ovate; the back not much arched, the sides compressed, the belly convex.
T h e head smooth, but less declivous than in most of the other species. Mouth large; fore teeth in the upper
jaw long ; tongue large, ovate, free, and like the palate, rough in the middle. T h e anterior lamina o f the
opercula slightly serrated. T h e lateral line very gently arched above the pectoral fin.
T h e > s T h e dorsal and anai fins not broad, the posterior edge o f both rounded; the pectoral short,
acuminate ; the ventral also acuminate ; the caudal unequally divided, the lower lobe shortest.
T h e colour. T h e cheeks spotted yellow, on a light ground; the back cinerious, the sides, belly and breast
reddish ; the dorsal and caudal fin purplish ; the pectoral has a yellowish cast ; the ventral and anal a yellowish
red, Sometimes the caudal fin is o f a darker red and each lobe tipped yellow.
Lengtb o f the subject fifteen inches.
E N D O F V O L UM E I.
Primed by W. Buliner #ml Ca.
Clflveland-row, St. James's.
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