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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 6

Sparidæ

page 68

Sparidæ.

Body compressed and oblong, covered with scales, the serrature of which is exceedingly minute, and sometimes wanting. Tail not armed. Lateral line continuous, not continued on the caudal fin. Mouth in front of the snout, with lateral cleft. Eye lateral, of moderate size. Five, six, or seven branchiostegals. Either trenchant teeth in front of the jaws, or lateral series of molar teeth;* generally no teeth on the palate. One dorsal fin, formed by a spinous and soft portion of nearly equal development; anal with three spines; the lower rays of the pectorals generally branched, in one group simple; ventrals thoracic, with one spine and five rays. The bones of the head with a rudimentary muciferous system. Air-bladder present, often bifid posteriorly. Pseudobranchiæ well developed.

Herbi-and carnivorous fishes, inhabiting the seas of the temperate and tropical regions; a few entering rivers.

Girella tricuspidata. Port Jackson.

——simplex. Port Jackson.

——zonata. Port Jackson.

Tephræops Richardsonii. West coast. Haplodactylus punctatus. Tasmanian coast.

——arctidens.

——lophodon. Port Jackson.

Lethrinus chrysostomus. Australian seas.

Pagrus unicolor. Port Jackson. "Schnapper," "Bream."

Chrysophrys hasta, West coast.

——australis. Port Jackson. Fresh-water.

* Some species of Lethrinus appear to make an exception, but their teeth are thick, and approach to molars; they are, moreover, readily distinguished by their naked cheek.