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PALLASIAN TRICHOPUS. 



Trichopus Pallasii. T. fuse us albido-undulatus, corpore caudaque 

 macula utrinque nigra, pinnis ventralibus uniradiatis longis. 



Brown Trichopus., with pale undulations, a black spot on each 

 side the body and tail, and long single-rayed ventral fins. 



Labrus pinnis ventralibus uniradiatis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel, 

 p. 1286. Fall. spic. zool. S. p. 45. 



Sparus, &c. Kolreuter nov. comm. petrop. g. p. 452. t. \0.f. 1. 



Described by Dr, Pallas as a species of Labrus, 

 and by Kolreuter, in the Petersburgh Transactions, 

 as a Sparus : length about four inches : head 

 rather small, and covered with scales : mouth 

 small, ascending ; jaws extensile, and rough on the 

 edges : colour brownish, with paler undulations, 

 each side of the body and tail being marked with a 

 black ocellate spot : lateral line somewhat broken 

 or interrupted towards the tail ; pectoral fins thin 

 and pale : the rest brown : anal and caudal round- 

 ish-bilobate, and spotted with white : ventral con^ 

 sisting each of a long single ray: native of the 

 Indian seas. 



MONODACTYLE TRICHOPUS. 



Trichopus Monodactylus. T. argenteus, dor so subfusco, pinnis 

 ventralibus uniradiatis, rigidis, brevibus. 



Silvery Trichopus, with brownish back, and short, single- 

 rayed, rigid ventral fins. 



Monodactyle Falciforme. Cepede. 3. p. 132. 



Described by Cepede in a distinct genus, under 

 the name of Monodactylus. Differs from the rest 



