. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . Ph„ta tr ff\ SaviUcKi-t, IM:1)„ RED SEA-BREAM Some species of sea-bream ocdnonally enter fresh-ivater 2i8 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD. fhctt by fK S^villi-Ktm, } SNAPPER ^n Au,!i alian fpecifs (>f Sra-bream \Milftri-or,-S>a ^ occurs especially on the southand south-west coasts ofEngland and Ireland. It isof an orange-scarlet colourabo\e, and somewhat silveryon the sides, with a largeblack spot on the \cral species of sea-breain occur in Australia,where the} arc known asSnappers. One of
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . Ph„ta tr ff\ SaviUcKi-t, IM:1)„ RED SEA-BREAM Some species of sea-bream ocdnonally enter fresh-ivater 2i8 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD. fhctt by fK S^villi-Ktm, } SNAPPER ^n Au,!i alian fpecifs (>f Sra-bream \Milftri-or,-S>a ^ occurs especially on the southand south-west coasts ofEngland and Ireland. It isof an orange-scarlet colourabo\e, and somewhat silveryon the sides, with a largeblack spot on the \cral species of sea-breain occur in Australia,where the} arc known asSnappers. One of the largestof these, which attains alength of more than 3 feetand a weight of over 40lbs., is not only consideredexcellent eating, but is alsothe most popular sport-yielding fish of that ancient Romanskept a species of sea-bream, the GlLT-HEAD, in their vivariums, where it grew extremely species is said to stir up the sand with its tail, to discover buried shell-fish. It isparticularly fond of mussels, and the noise it makes in crunching them between its jaws isloud enough to be heard by the fishermen. Nearly allied to the Sea-breams are a group known, fur want of a better name, as theThick-ra
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