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SORDID SCARUS. 



Scarus Sordidus. S.fusco-ferrugineus elongatus, pinnis obscuri- 



oribus, cauda surgente cequalL 

 Brown-ferruginous Scarus, with darker coloured fins, and 



rising, even tail. 

 Scarus sordidus. Forsk. arab. p. 30. 



Shape slender : colour brown : dorsal fin of a 

 deeper colour : pectoral fins and tail yellowish : 

 ventral violet : lateral line double and ramified : 

 native of the Arabian seas. 



SCALY-TAILED SCARUS. 



Scarus Harid. £. squamis magnis, abdomine violaceo, cauda fur- 



cata, media basi squamosa, 

 Scarus Harid. Forsk. arab. p. 30. 



Native of the Arabian seas : lateral line double, 

 strait, ramified : dorsal, anal, and caudal fin violet- 

 coloured : pectoral fins yellowish. 



trilobate scarus. 



Scarus Trilobatus. S» varius, cauda triloba* 

 Variegated Scarus, with trilobate tail. 

 Le Scare trilobe. Cepede. 4. p. 21. 



Slightly described by Cepede from the drawings 

 and MSS. of Plumier : its principal character seems 

 to be its very distinctly trilobate tail : the upper 



