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HALF-RED LABRUS. 



!#brus Semiruber. L. antics ruber, postice Jiavus. 

 Red Labrus, with the hind part yellow. 

 Demi-rouge. Cepede. 



Mouth furnished with four teeth larger than the 

 rest in the upper jaw : the sixteenth soft ray of the 

 dorsal fin longer than the rest : dorsal and anal fin 

 scaly at the base : native of the Indian and Ameri- 

 can seas : observed by Commerson. 



TRILOBATE LABRUS. 



Labrus Trilobatus. L. lividus, capite maculato, Cauda triloba, 

 basi squamosa. 



Livid Labrus, with spotted head,, and trilobate tail scaly at the 

 base. 



Cheiline trilobe. Cepede. 



Size of a Carp: general colour blueish brown, 

 the head and gill-covers marked with red and yellow 

 specks : pectoral fins yellow : ventral varied with 

 red : tail furnished on each side with three or four 

 nearly membranaceous appendages composed of a 

 kind of lengthened floating scales : native of the 

 African seas: observed by Commerson. 



