SCARUS. SCARUS. 



Generic Character, 



Maxilla osseae, medio di- 

 yisae, margine crenatse, 

 dentibus connato-glomer- 

 atis. 



Jaws bony, divided in tlie 

 middle, crenated on the 

 edge ; the teeth connate 

 and conglomerate. 



CRETAN SCARUS. 



Scarus Cretensis. S. uridis, subtus Jlavescens, squamis per- 

 magniSf linea later ali rarnosa, caada sublunala. 



Green Scarus, yellowish beneath, with very large scales, rami- 

 fied lateral line, and sublimated tail. 



Scarus Cretensis. Block, t. 220. 



CtENERAL length about twelve inches : body 

 broad, sloping, scales extremely large, lateral line 

 ramified on every scale over which it passes, Na-> 

 tive of the- Mediterranean, and particularly about 

 the coasts of Crete, but is also found in the Indian 

 seas. 



