LINEAR LABTUJS. 



Labrus Linearis. L, ublongvs albidus, pinna dorsalis radio ultimo 



inermi. 



Oblong Labrus, with the last ray of the dorsal firi soft. 

 L. linearis. Lin. Gmel. 



BODY of an elongated form : head compressed : 

 dorsal fin very long, with twenty sharp rays and one 

 soft : described by Linnaeus in the first volume of 

 the Amasnitates Academicie. Native of the Ameri- 

 can and Indian seas. 



LUNULATED LABRUS. 



Labrus Lunulatus. L. fusco-virescens, squamis si/igulis fascia 

 ferruginea, capite pectoreque rubro guttutis. 



Greenish -brown Labrus,, with each scale marked by a ferrugin- 

 ous band, and the head and breast spotted with red. 



L. lunulatus. Lin. Gmel. Forsk. Arab. 



LENGTH about twelve inches : scales broad and 

 striated : eyes brownish-green : gill-covers com- 

 monly marked at the hinder edge with a fulvous 

 crescent bordered with black : native of the Arabian 

 seas : observed by Forskal. 



