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Red tints also on the anterior portion of the dorsal, and a thread 

 of bright red runs from one ray to another, thus separating 

 the yellow portion of the membrane from the outer border; 

 middle rays of the tail bright yellow, outer rays red, bordered 

 again with a wide stripe of pale purple. In some instances 

 these lengthened stripes of yellow, red and blue, or purple, are 

 more strongly marked, and well defined; in some also the general 

 red colour of the dorsal is marked with deeper patches of red; 

 and a drawing was shewn to me by an eminent naturalist, and 

 marked with the name of C. Tamia, in which a wide separation 

 was shewn between the dorsal and caudal fins; but on exami- 

 nation of the original specimen, which had been preserved, it 

 was evident that the displacement had been caused by an 

 accident. There seems therefore no reason to doubt the 

 correctness of Cuvier's opinion, that there is only one European 

 species of Cepola. 



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