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pores at the anterior operculi ; body yellowish, deeper on the back ; 

 all the fins yellowish, with brown spots ; twenty spines in the 

 dorsal fin. 12 to 15 inches long. Northern seas. Block, pi. 294. 



L. Bodianus, (Bodianus, Bloch.) Head small, obtuse ; jaws equal ; 

 body golden coloured, the scales margined with red ; part of the 

 back purple, and the scales with a blue border ; pectoral and ven- 

 tral fins purple ; anal yellowish ; twelve spines in the dorsal fin. 

 8 inches long. Inhabits S. American seas. Bloch, pi. 223. 



Gen. 26. JULIS, Cuv. Labrus, Lin. 



Body oblong ; lips thick, fleshy ; maxillary front teeth conical, 

 the pharyngeal blunt; head entirely smooth and without scales; 

 lateral line strongly bent towards the end of the dorsal fin. 



J. vulgaris. (L. Julis, Lin.) Body bluish or violet above, with an 

 undulating orange stripe on each side towards the back ; abdomen 

 whitish ; pectoral, ventral, and caudal fins pale ; dorsal fin ful^ 

 vous or orange-coloured at its origin, with a brown or purplish 

 stripe along the base. 8 inches long. Inhabits Mediterranean 

 sea. B Don. Brit. Fishes, pi. 94. 



* Without pores on the head. 



J. Braziliensis, Cuv. Head smooth, with vermicular lines ; body 

 golden yellow, with oblong blue spots near the back ; dorsal and 

 anal fins yellow, with three blue lines on each, the other fins blue, 

 and all pointed. 12 inches long. Inhabits Brazil. Bloch, pi. 280. 



J. lunaris, Cuv. Head small, compressed, with a number of pores ; 

 body violet, and the dorsal fin with eight spines, and bordered with 

 white above and below; taillunated. Indian seas. Bloch } ,pl. 281. 



J. viridis, Cuv. Head small, compressed, with green stripes ; body 

 narrow, compressed, fine green, covered with large smooth scales, 

 bordered with yellow and green; eight spines in the dorsal'fin ; 

 dorsal and anal fins yellow, with a green border at the base and 

 extremity ; the others yellow in the middle and green on the edges. 

 12 inches long. Inhabits Japan Bloch, pi. 282. 



J. cyanocephalus, Cuv. Head and back deep blue; sides silvery ; dor- 

 sal fin with nine spines ; lateral line interrupted Bloch, pi. 286. 



J. chloropterus, Cuv. Body greenish ; the back deep green, shading 

 to lighter below ; fins green ; projecting front teeth in each jaw; 

 two spines on the anal and nine on the dorsal fin. Inhabits Ja- 

 pan Bloch, pi. 288. 



J. malapterus, Cuv. Body narrow and compressed, whitish, shad- 

 ing to blue on the back ; five black spots on the sides ; all the 

 rays of the fins, except a spine on the ventrals, soft. Inhabits 

 Japan. Bloch, pi. 286. 



J. Hebraicus, Cuv. (Labre Hebra'ique, Lacep.) With twenty-one 

 articulated rays in the dorsal fin ; thirteen in the anal ; stripes 

 on the head and operculi resembling Hebrew characters. Inha- 

 bits Indian seas Lacep. iii. pi. 29, fig. 3. 



