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BLUE-STRIPKD SCARUS. 



Searus Ghobban. S. albidus, squamis transversim subccerulco 



fasciatis, linca laterali duplici. 

 Whitish Searus, with the scales marked by transverse blueish 



bands, and double lateral line. 

 Searus Ghobban. Forsk. arab. p. 28. 



SHAPE ovate : head marked by greenish-blue 

 streaks : fins edged with a similar colour : tail 

 entire : lateral line ramified. Native of the Ara- 

 bian seas : observed by Forskal. 



FERRUGINOUS SCARUS. 



Searus Fermgineus. S.fusco-ferrugineus, maxillis marginibusque 



pinnarum viridibus, cauda cequali. 

 Brown-ferruginous Searus, with the jaws and margins of the 



fins green, and even tail. 

 Searus ferrugineus. Forsk. p. 2p. 



SHAPE ovate-oblong : jaws green : body ferrugin- 

 ous-brown: pectoral fins of the same colour: vent- 

 ral and anal violet : dorsal and tail yellowish : at 

 the base of the tail several long lanceolate scales : 

 tail itself broad and rounded. Native of the Ara- 

 bian seas. 



