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CREEN SCARUJS. 



Scams Viridis. S. viridi-jlavescens, squamis magnis liridi mar* 

 ginatis, Unca laterali versus caudam mterrupta. 



Yellowish-green Scarus, with large scales edged with green, 

 and lateral line interrupted towards the tail. 



Scarus viridis. Block, t. 222. 



LENGTH ten or twelve inches : head strait : scales 

 large, and each bordered with a deeper green than 

 the ground-colour: tail slightly sublunated. Native 

 of the Japanese seas. 



RIVULATED SCARUS. 



Scarus Rivulatus. S. coerulescens nigro-maculatus, rwulis longi- 

 tudinalibusjlavis. 



Blueish Scarus, spotted with black, and marked by longitud- 

 inal yellow undulations. 



Scarus rivulatus. Forsk. arab. p. 15. 



NATIVE of the Red sea : observed by Forskal : 

 said to arrive at a great size : scales very small : 

 dorsal and anal fin occasionally recumbent in a 

 channel : tail forked : supposed to feed principally 

 on the different kinds of fuci, and considered as an 

 edible fish ; but said to be sometimes productive of 

 disagreeable symptoms from the wounds inflicted 

 by the sharp rays of its dorsal iin. 



