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of the soft part are spotted with purple ; these spots extend on 

 the membranes ; the fin is bordered with red. The caudal has its 

 rays orange, spotted with carmine ; the anal has three longitudinal 

 series of large, rounded, carmine spots ; the ventrals are pink, 

 and the pectorals yellow ; the eye is carmine, with concentric 

 green lines. 



I dedicated this sort to my old and celebrated friend, Dr. 

 Bleeker, who not only showed me so much kindness when I was 

 at Batavia, but also has so much helped me for years in my 

 Ichthyological studies in India. 



The length of this fish is, on an average, from 10 to 12 inches. 



LABB.ICHTHTS ETCHAEDSONI. 



(Parrot Fish.) 



Very much like the former, but a little broader. The teeth 

 are the same, but there is only one canine at the corner of the 

 jaw. The scales, composition of the fins, and lateral line are 

 similar, the latter is formed of twenty-six tubes ; the dorsal has 

 nine spines and eleven soft rays ; the caudal fourteen rays ; the 

 anal three spines and eleven rays ; the pectorals thirteen rays. 



The general colour is of a light blueish green, with a black 

 spot on the extremity of the operculum, and two broad, trans- 

 verse bands of the same colour — one extending from the third or 

 fourth spine of the dorsal to the first soft ray of the same ; the 

 second, which is often absent, is placed more backwards ; the 

 scales have no coloured margin ; a few dark spots are usually 

 seen between the fifth, sixth, and seventh spines of the dorsal ; 

 the fins are of the colour of the body, the caudal alone having a 

 posterior orange margin ; the eye is green, with an inner and 

 outer crimson circle. 



My largest specimen measures about 14 inches. 



There are three series of scales on the cheeks, and the entire 

 surface is very rough ; the dorsal scales do not extend on the 

 base of the fin. 



I consider as a variety of this sort a specimen which, with its 

 general form and colour, had three faint transverse, obscure 

 bands, and a longitudinal stripe extending from the angle of the 

 mouth to the first transverse band passing below the eye ; the 

 caudal, ventral, and pectoral were yellow, with the fins orange ; 



