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BLUE-STRIPED SCARUS. 



Scarus Ghobban. S. albidus, squamis transversim subcoeruleo 



fasciatis, linea latcrali duplici. 

 Whitish Scarus, with the scales marked by transverse blueish 



bands, and double lateral line. 

 Scarus Ghobban. For&k arab. p. 28. 



Shape ovate : head marked by greenish-blue 

 streaks: fins edged with a similar colour: tail 

 entire : lateral line ramified. Native of the Ara- 

 bian seas : observed by Forskal. 



FERRUGINOUS SCARUS. 



Scarus Ferrugineus. S.fusco-ferrugineus, maxillis marginibusque 



pinnarum viridibus, cauda cequali. 

 Brown-ferruginous Scarus, with the jaws and margins of the 



fins green, and even tail. 

 Scarus ferrugineus. Forsk. p. 29. 



Shape ovate-oblong : jaws green : body ferrugin- 

 ous-brown: pectoral fins of the same colour: vent- 

 ral and anal violet : dorsal and tail yellowish : at 

 the base of the tail several long lanceolate scales : 

 tail itself broad and rounded. Native of the Ara- 

 bian seas. 



