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CARINATED LABRUS. 



Labrus Carinatus. L. squamis bicarinatis. 

 Labrus witli bicarinated scales. 

 L. aristatus. Cepede. 



SHAPE oval : teeth separate : the two front teeth 

 in the lower jaw longer than the rest : native of the 

 fresh waters of China. 



WHITE-BANDED LABRUS. 



Labrus Albovittatus. L. subftavus, fasciis utrinque tribus longi~ 



tudinalibus albis. 

 Yellowish Labrus, with three longitudinal white bands on each 



side. 

 L. albovittatus. Cepede. 



NATIVE of the Northern seas ? 



PUNCTATED LABRUS. 



Labrus Punctatus. L. snbfuscus^ lineis longitudiiialibus plurimis 



fusco-punctatis, pinna dorsali ramentucea. 

 Brownish Labrus, with many longitudinal brown-spotted lines, 



and ramentose dorsal fin. 

 L. punctatus. Lin. Gmel. Block, t. 2Q5. 



LENGTH about five inches : colour whitish, with 

 the back brown : scales large : body marked by 

 several rows of dusky spots ; owing to a spot at 

 the base of each scale : dorsal fin produced in a 



