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OPEItCULATED LABRUS. 



Labrus Operculatus. L. griseus,fasciis decern transuersts macu- 



laque operculari fuscis. 

 Grey Labrus, with ten brown dusky transverse bands and 



spot on the gill- covers. 

 Labrus operculatus. Lin. Gmel. 



In the dorsal fin are thirteen spiny and seven soft 

 rays : native of the Indian seas. 



CEYLONESE LABRUS. 



Labrus Zeylanicus. L. viridis, subtus purpurascens, capite 

 cceruleo, operculis purpureo-variis. 



Green Labrus, purplish beneath, with blue head, and gill- 

 covers variegated with purple. 



Zeylon Wrasse. Pennant Ind. Zool. t. 13. f. 3. 



A beautiful species : length about eighteen 

 inches : pectoral fins edged with blue, and marked 

 in the middle by a purple spot : ventral fins blue : 

 dorsal and anal blueish purple, with green edges : 

 tail blue at the base, yellow in the middle, and 

 striped on each side with red : native of Ceylon, 

 where it is numbered among esculent fish. 



