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FOUR-SPINED LABRUS. 



Labrus albidus, corpore utrinque macularum subrotundarum fus- 



carum seriebus quatuor. 

 Whitish Labrus, marked on each side with four rows of roundish 



brown spots. 

 Le tetracanthe. Cepede. 



Size not mentioned : tail freckled with black 

 points : dorsal fin furnished with four spiny and 

 twenty-one soft rays : native of the Indian seas ? 

 mentioned by Cepede. 



DEM1DISC LABRUS. 



Labrus Semidiscus. L. pallidus, fasciis novendecim transversis 



nigris, cauda lunula terminali pallida. 

 Pale Labrus, with nineteen transverse black bands, and tail 



marked by a pale terminal crescent. 

 Le demidisque. Cepede. 



Mentioned by Cepede from Commerson : native 

 t>f the Indian seas. 



FORKED LABRUS. 



Labrus Furcatus. L, maxilla inferiore longiore, radio Ultimo 

 pinnce dorsalis analisque elongato, cauda longajvrficaia. 



Labrus with the lower jaw longer than the upper, the last ray 

 of the dorsal and anal fin elongated, and long forked tail. 



L. fourche. Cepede. 



Native of the Indian seas : observed by Commer- 

 son, 



