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BLACK SCARUS. 



Scarus Niger. S. ovato-oblongus , nigro-fuscus, labiis rubriSj 



pmnarum marginibus viridi-cceruleis. 

 Ovate-oblong, blackish-brown Scarus, with red lips, and the 



margins of the fins greenish-blue. 

 Scarus niger. Forsk, arab. p. 28. 



Native of the Arabian seas i lateral line double 

 and ramified : tail greenish, and obtusely forked. 



SCHLOSSERIAN SCARUS. 



Scarus Schlosseri. S. aureus, maculis utrinque quinque fusciSf 

 dorso fuscescente, cauda subcequali. Lin. Syst* Nat, Gmel. 

 p* 1282. Pall. spic. %ool. S. p* 41. 



Gold-coloured Scarus, with five dusky spots on each side, 

 brownish back, and nearly even tail. 



Size of a roach : body compressed and broad : 

 scales large : eyes large : irides fulvous : lower 

 mandible rather longer than the upper : ventral 

 fins triangular, and connected to the abdomen by 

 the intervention of a perpendicular membrane. 

 Native of Java. 



