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RUFOUS LABRUS. 



Labrus Rufas. L. totus futons, squamis magnis, labiis duplicatis, 

 cauda lunata. 



Fulvous Labrus, with large scales, doubled lips, and lunated 

 tail. 



Labrus rufus. Lin. Gmel. Hog- Fish. Catesb. 2. t. 11. /. 1. 



Grows to the length of about two feet : front 

 teeth both above and below considerably larger 

 than the rest, and sharp-pointed : colour of the 

 whole fish rufous or orange-tawny. Native of the 

 American seas. 



GREY LABRUS. 



Labrus Griseus. L. fusco-g risen s, squamis magnis f dentibus 



primoribus majoribus, Cauda lunata. 

 Brownish-grey Labrus, with large scales, front teeth larger 



than the rest, and lunated tail. 

 Labrus griseus. Lin. Gmel. p. 1283. 



Length about fifteen inches : colour subferrugin- 

 ous or brownish grey : in each jaw two pretty strong 

 and sharp-pointed front teeth : irides red : native 

 of the American seas, and according to Catesby 

 esteemed a pretty good food. Catesby, who has 

 figured it under the name of the Mangrove Snapper, 

 has (probably through oversight) represented it 

 without pectoral fins. 



