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LARGE-FINNED LABRIS. 



Labrus Macropterus. L , pinna dorsali analiqm magnfa 



ramcntaceis. 



Labrus with large, ramentaceous dorsal and anal fin. 

 L. macroptere. Cepede. 



TAIL slightly lunated : behind the gill-covers, on 

 each side, a round black spot. Native of the Indian 

 seas : observed by Commerson. 



FIFTEEN-SPINED LABRUS. 



Labrus Quindecim-aculeatus. L , corpore supra fasciis 



sex tramversisfuscis, pinna dorsali radiis quindecim acukatis. 



Labrus marked above by six transverse brown bands, and with 

 fifteen spiny rays in the dorsal fin. 



L. Quinze-epines. Cepede. 



UPPER jaw longer than the lower : teeth small 

 and equal : six transverse bands over the neck and 

 back. 



GREAT-HEADED LABRUS. 



Labrus Macrocephalus. L. capite grandly dentibm distinct is, 



pinnis pectorahbus trapeziformibus. 

 Labrus with large head, distinct teeth, and trapeziform pectoral 



fins. 

 Le Macrocephale. Cepede. 3. p. 432. 



HEAD large and greatly arched up wards from 

 the mouth into the curvature of the back : lower 



