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SCARUS QUINQUE-FASCIATUS. 



Order, Thoracic. 



O ,-=^=»<^ Panoo-Girawah. 

 Native Name, C> ^G'i (^zh. 



qI Worm-Parrot. 



S. QUINQUE-FASCIATUS. Body dark piirj)le, approaching- to black, with five 

 perpendicular hght stripes ; three touching- on the dorsal fin, the tliird also 

 touches the anal fin, the other two near the caudal. The head beautifully 

 vjtfiegated with pink, green, and yellow, interspersed vvith markings of black, 

 somewhat representing a highly-colored map. Eye projecting, iris golden, 

 surrounded by black, strongly marked on the upper part. 



Branchiostegous rays 3. DorsaZ 19, nine spinous. Pectoral \% Ventral Q, 

 one spinous. Anal 13, one spinous. Caudal 15. 



The Panoo-Girawah of the Cingalese is one of that splendid class 

 of fishes on the coast of Ceylon which the natives denominate 

 Parrot. This fish has been known to attain the length of thirty 

 inches ; its flesh is delicately white, firm, and wholesome. The 

 Panoo-Girawah derives its name from a fancied resemblance of the 

 vertical stripes of yellow and green on its body, to a species of 

 Palm-worm. 



The Specimen, though small, is of the size of the most perfect Specimen the 



author could select. 



