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2. An Account of a New Species of British Bream, and a Species of Skate new to Science; with a List of, and Observations on, the Fishes of the Frith of Forth and Neighbourhood

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2015

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The author stated that, in July last, he obtained from the Frith of Forth a species of Bream, which he believes to be the Pagellus acarne of Cuvier. Length 13 inches; depth 4 inches; head one-third the length of the body not including the tail-fin. General form resembling that of the Sea Bream, but not so deep in proportion to its length. Scales large; 70 forming the lateral line, 6½ in an oblique row between it and the first ray of the dorsal-fin. Anterior-teeth small and numerous, disposed in many rows; outer row composed of 30 teeth, longer and more bent than those within; molars large, disposed in three rows in each jaw.

D 12–12, P 16, V8, A 3–11, C. 20. Body pale silvery red. Dorsal and caudal fins rose-red; ventral and anal fins paler. Between the eyes reddish-brown; in front of the eyes and on the lower half of the preoperculum, metallic grey; on the upper part of the base of each pectoral fin, a deep violet-coloured spot, very conspicuous even in the dried state.

Type
Proceedings 1836–37
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1844

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