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BLACK SCARES. 



Scarus Niger. S. ovato-oblongw, nigro-fuscus, labiis rubris, 



pmnarum marginibus viridi-ccerulcis, 

 Ovate-oblong, blackish-brown Scarus, with red lips, and the 



margins of the fins greenish-blue. 

 Scarus niger. Forsk. arab. p. 28. 



NATIVE of the Arabian seas : lateral line double 

 and ramified : tail greenish, and obtusely forked. 



SCHLOSSERIAN SCARUS. 



Scarus Schlosseri. S. aureus, maculis utrin.que quitique fuscis, 

 dor so fuscescente, cauda subccquali. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 

 p. 1282. Pall. spic. zool. 8. p. 41. 



Gold-coloured Scarus, with five dusky spots on each side, 

 brownish back, and nearly even tail. 



SIZE of a roach : body compressed and broad : 

 scales large : eyes large : jrides fulvous : lower 

 mandible rather longer than the upper : Ventral 

 fins triangular, and connected to the abdomen by 

 the intervention of a perpendicular membrane. 

 Native of Java. 



