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CHEQUERED LABRUS. 



Labrns Centiquadrus. L. albido purpureoque tesselatm. 

 Labrus tesselated with alternate purple and whitish marks. 

 L. echiquier. Cepede. 



HEAD and fins varied with red : whole body 

 tesselated with blackish-purple and whitish areolaB : 

 a black spot on each of the pectoral fins : tail 

 yellow : size not mentioned : native of the Indian 

 seas : observed by Commerson. 



SMALL-SCALED LABRUS. 



Labrus Microlepidotus . L. argenteus, dorso subfu-scv, pinnis albis. 

 Silvery Labrus, with brownish back and white fins. 

 L. microlepidotus. Block, t. 202. 



LENGTH about twelve inches : colour silvery, 

 tinged with yellowish brown on the back, and 

 dorsal fin : rest of the fins white : scales rather 

 small for the size of the fish. Native regions un- 

 known : described by Dr. Bloch from a specimen 

 in the Linkian collection at Leipzic. 



