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BIMACULATED LABRUS. 



Labrus Bimaculatus. L. grtseus, macula utrinque media rotundata 



fusca, a/teraque ad caudam. 

 Grey Labrus, marked on each side by a spot on the middle of 



the body, and a second near the tail. 

 Labrus bimaculatus. Lin. Gmd. Sciaena, &c. Lin. Mus. 



A**. Frid. p. 66. Bimaculated Wrasse. Penn. Brit. Zool. 



BODY pretty deep, and of a light colour, with 

 two brown spots on each side, as mentioned in the 

 specific character. Native of the European seas; 

 found about the coasts of Cornwall. 



TRIMACULATED LABRUS. 



Labrus Trimaculatus. L. ruber, squamis magnis, maculis tribus 



nigris adjinem dorsi. 

 Red Labrus, with large scales, and three black spots towards 



the end of the back. 

 Labrus trimaculatus. tin. Gmel. Labrus carneus. Block, t. 



239. 

 Labrus ruber. Ascan. No. 2. t. 13. Trimaculated Wrasse. 



Penn. Brit. Zool. 



SHAPE oblong : length about ten inches : teeth 

 rather slender : fore-teeth much longer than the 

 rest : colour rose-red : scales large : fins, except 

 the pectoral and ventral, edged with blue. Native 

 of the European seas : that described by Mr. 

 Pennant taken off the coast of Anglesea. 



