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SCARE LABRUS. 



Labrus Scams. L. albidus rubro mixtus, appcndicibus transi'ersis 



ad caudce later a. 

 Whitish Labrus mixed with red, with transverse appendages on 



each side the tail. 

 Labrus Scarus. Lin. Gmel. Cheiline Scare. Cepede. 



LENGTH about twelve inches: scales large and 

 thin : front teeth broad and blunt, resembling in 

 some degree those of quadrupeds: native of the 

 Mediterranean, swimming in shoals, and feeding 

 principally on various kinds of fuel ; in high esteem 

 with the ancients as a food, and considered by the 

 Romans as one of the principal delicacies of the 

 table. 



CHAIN LABRUS. 



Labrus Catenula. L. albidus, capite fasciis duabus transversis 

 nigris, corpore lineis utrinque octofusco-maculatis. 



Whitish Labrus, with two black transverse bands on the head, 

 and eight brown-spotted bands on each side the body. 



L. Chapelet. Cepede. 



COLOUR pale ; in the upper jaw six large teeth : 

 on the head two black transverse bands, and along 

 each side the body eight rows of small dusky spots: 

 back considerably arched. Native region uncertain: 

 described by Cepede. 



