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HALF-RED LABRUS. 



Lflbrus Semiruber. L. antice ruber, posticcjlavus. 

 Red Labrus, with the hind part yellow. 

 Demi-rouge. Cepede. 



MOUTH furnished with four teeth larger than the 

 rest in the upper jaw : the sixteenth soft ray of the 

 dorsal fin longer than the rest : dorsal and anal fin 

 scaly at the base : native of the Indian and Ameri- 

 can seas : observed by Commerson. 





TRILOBATE LABRUS. 



Labrus Trilobatus. L. lividus, capite maculato } cauda triloba, 



basi squamosa. 

 Livid Labrus., with spotted head, and trilobate tail scaly at the 



base. 

 Cheiline trilobe. Cepede. 



SIZE of a Carp : general colour blueish brown, 

 the head and gill-covers marked with red and yellow 

 specks : pectoral fins yellow : ventral varied with 

 red : tail furnished on each side with three or four 

 nearly membranaceous appendages composed of a 

 kind of lengthened floating scales : native of the 

 African seas : observed by Commerson. 



