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PARROT LABRUS. 



Labrus Paroticus. L. griseus, subtus albidus, tinea laterali curva, 



pinnis rufis t opcrculis cyaneis. 

 Grey Labrus, whitish beneath, with curved lateral line, and 



blue gill-covers. 

 L. paroticus. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 4?6. Mus. Ad. Frid. 2. p. 76. 



NATIVE of the Indian seas. 



KARUT LABRUS. 



Labrus Karuta. L. supra nigricans, stria utrinque longitudinaU 



flivca, subtusjlavcscens pinnis rufis. 

 Labrus with the body blackish above with a longitudinal yellow 



stripe on each side, and beneath yellowish with rufous fins.. 

 Johnius Karutta. Block, t. 356. 

 Labre Karut. Cfpede. 



LENGTH about twelve inches : form oblong : 

 upper jaw very obtuse, the mouth being situated 

 beneath it : dorsal fins two, the former triangular, 

 the latter of moderate width and continued to the 

 tail : both these fins as well as the tail, which 

 is slightly rounded, are of a blackish colour : the 

 other fins reddish : scales rather large : irides red : 

 teeth small. 



By Dr. Bloch this and the succeeding species 

 are stationed in a distinct genus under the title of 

 Johnius., so named from a correspondent of Dr. 

 Bloch's to whom he was obliged for specimens of 

 the fish, which is a native of the Indian seas. 



