ROSTRATED SCARUS. 



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jaw is longer than the lower : colours of the body 

 various : two spiny rays and sixteen soft on the 

 dorsal fin. Native of the American seas : size not 

 particularized. 



ROSTRATED SCARUS. 



Scarus Rostratus. S. maxillis productis. 

 Scarus with elongated jaws. 

 L'Ostorhinque Fleurieu. Cepede. 4. p. 24. 



Slightly described by Cepede from the MSS. of 

 Commerson t differs, according to Cepede, from 

 the Scari in no other respect except in having the 

 jaws much elongated : the lower jaw is rather 

 longer than the upper : the eyes large : the head 

 without scales : the dorsal and anal fin rather 

 short : the tail very large, lunated : and near it is 

 a transverse band of a deep colour : no lateral line 

 could be perceived : on the dorsal fin are eight 

 spiny rays. No particular description is given 

 either of the size or colour of this fish, which Cepede 

 names Fleurieu in honour of Monsr. Fleurieu, of 

 the national institute, well known by his hydro- 

 graphical and other publications. 



v. IV. p. II. 



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