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ASCANIAN LABRUS. 



'Labrus Ascanii. L. supra ruber, maculis striisque viridibus, 



subtusjlavescens pvnctis rubris. 

 Labrus with the upper parts red, varied by green spots and 



streaks, arid the under parts yellowish specked with red. 

 L. rone. Cepede. Le Rone. Ascan. t. 14. 



LENGTH about seven inches : dorsal and anal fin 

 red, with two or three green stripes : tail green, 

 tipped with red. Native of the Northern seas. 



BEAUTIFUL LABRUS. 



Labrus Formosus. L. ruber, sfriis longifiidinalibits jlexuosis 



interrupt is cceruleis, pinnis cceruleo marginatis. 

 Red Labrus, with longitudinal, interrupted, flexuous blue 



streaks, and fins edged with blue. 

 Paon bleu. Ascan. t. 12. Spams formosus. Nat. Misc. I. 



pi. 31. 



LENGTH about twelve inches : back of a deep, 

 purplish red : belly inclining to yellow : dorsal fin 

 marked at its origin by a broad patch of blue: 

 gill-covers varied with blue streaks : scales rather 

 large than small : a very beautiful species : allied 

 to the Striped Labrus : extremely well figured 

 both in the work of Ascanius, and in the Natu- 

 ralist's Miscellany ; the latter figure being taken 

 from a specimen in the Lever ian Museum. 



