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falciform manner at its extremity : anal fin the 

 same : both, as well as the tail, marked by rows of 

 blackish spots: pectoral and ventral fins long and 

 dusky : on each side the body three black spots ; 

 one on the gill-covers, another in the middle, and a 

 third near the tail : habit broad, like a bream : 

 native of Surinam, inhabiting rivers. 



PLEAT-LIPPED LABRUS. 



Labrus Ossifagus. L , labiis plicatis, pinna dor$aU 



radiis triginta. Lin. Gmd. p. 1290. 

 Labrus, with pleated lips, and thirty rays in the dorsal 



fin. 



INTRODUCED by Dr, Gmelin into his edition of 

 the Systema Natura?, but no mention made of any 

 farther particulars than those announced in the 

 specific character, except that it is a native of 

 Europe. 



ONITE LABRUS. 



Labrus Onitis. L.fuscus, sitbtus albido-maculatus, pinna dorsali 



ramentacca. 

 Brown Labrus, spotted with white beneath, and'with ramentose 



dorsal fin. 

 L. Onitis. Lin. GmeL 



DESCRIBED by Linmeus in the second part of the 

 Mus ; Ad : Frid : native regions unknown. 



