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PARROT SCARUS. 



Scarus Psittacus. S. virescens, lineis Jlavicantibus, pinnarum 



margine, vitta abdominali, characteribusque capitis coeruleis. 



Forsk. arab. p. 2Q. 

 Greenish Scarus, marked with yellowish lines, and with the 



edges of the fins, abdominal band, and variegations of the 



head blue. 

 Scarus Psittacus. Forsk. arab. p. 2Q. 



Jaws blue : fms purple, edged with blue : back 

 straiter in its outline than the abdomen: tail rising, 

 spotted with blue, and subfurcated : lateral line 

 double and ramified : eyes small. Native of the 

 Arabian seas. 



PURPLED SCARUS. 



Scarus Purpuratus. S. obscure viridis, vittis utrinque tribas 

 purpureis longitudinalibus serratis, ventre cceruleo. 



Dull-green Scarus, with three longitudinal serrated purple 

 bands on each side, and blue abdomen. 



Scarus purpureus. Forsk. arab. p. 27. 



An elegant species; in habit allied to the Labri: 

 body abruptly lanceolate ; the purple stripes on 

 the body serrated at their upper edges : pectoral 

 fms green, and marked at the tip by a large, 

 lunated, marginal, black spot : dorsal and anal 

 marked towards the base by a purple stripe : ventral 

 fins blue : tail marked with longitudinal purple 

 spots, and on each side by a purple stripe : shape 

 slightly rounded : lateral line ramified : scales lax, 

 as in the Mullet. Native of the Arabian seas : 

 observed by Forskal. 



