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SILVERY BODIAN. 



Bodianus Argenteus. B. argenteus, dorso subccerulescentt. 

 Silvery Bodian, with blueish back. 

 Bodianus argenteus. Block. 



LENGTH about six inches : shape like that of a 

 Herring : scales middle sized : fins slightly tinged 

 with yellow : tail pretty deeply forked : native of 

 the Mediterranean. 



With even, or rounded tail. 



APUA BODIAN. 



Bodianus Apua. J3. ruber, dorso maculis, corpore punctis nigris, 



pinnis nigro marginatis* 

 Red Bodian, with the back spotted, the body specked, and the 



fins edged with black. 

 Bodianus Apua. Bloch. 



LENGTH twelve or fourteen inches : habit that of 

 a Carp: colour blood-red, with a silvery cast to- 

 wards the abdomen : scales middle-sized : spiny 

 rays of the dorsal fin extremely strong : eyes red : 

 tail nearly even, or but very slightly rounded : na- 

 tive of the Brasilian seas. 



