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SCARE LABRUS. 



Labrus Scarus. L. albidus rubro mixtus, appcndicibus transversis 

 ad caudce latera* 



Whitish Labrus mixed with red, with transverse appendages on 



each side the tail. 

 Labrus Scarus. Lin. Gmel. Cheiline Scare. Cepede. 



Length about twelve inches : scales large and 

 thin : front teeth broad and blunt , resembling in 

 some degree those of quadrupeds : native of the 

 Mediterranean, swimming in shoals, and feeding 

 principally on various kinds of fuci ; in high esteem 

 with the ancients as a food, and considered by the 

 Romans as one of the principal delicacies of the 

 table. 



CHAIN LABRUS. 



Labrus Catenula. L. albidus, capite fasciis duabus transversis 

 nigris, corpore lineis utrinque octo fvsco-maculatis. 



Whitish Labrus, with two black transverse bands on the head, 

 and eight brown-spotted bands on each side the body. 



L. Chapelet. Cepede, 



Colour pale ; in the upper jaw six large teeth : 

 on the head two black transverse bands, and along 

 each side the body eight rows of small dusky spots : 

 back considerably arched. Native region uncertain: 

 described by Cepede. 



