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BULL-EYED LABRUS. 



Labrus Boops. L. maxilla inferiors longiore, oculis permagnis, 



pinnis dorsaUbus duabus. 

 Labrus with the lower jaw longer than the upper, very large 



eyes, and two dorsal fins. 

 Labrus Boops. Lin. Gmel. 



TEETH in the lower jaw large and sharp : eyes 

 extremely large: native of Japan. 



BLUE-FINNED LABRTJS. 



. Labrus Cyanopterus. L. supra rubro Jlavo viridique varius, 



subtus mridi fuscoque, pinnis ccerukis. 

 Labrus varied above with red, yellow, and green, beneath with 1 



green and brown, with blue fins. 

 Cheilodiptere cyanoptere. Cepede. 



A BEAUTIFUL species : body above the lateral line 

 varied with undulated oblique stripes of yellow, 

 green, and red ; below the lateral line with brown 

 and green : pectoral, ventral and anal fins yellow, 

 the dorsal fins and tail blue: beneath the lower jaw 

 a short cirrus : native of the American seas : de- 

 scribed by Cepede from a drawing by Plumier : 

 perhaps more properly belonging to the genus 

 Scieena than Labrus. 



v. iv. p. IT. 33 



