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with yellow ; so as to form numerous obliquely 

 transverse undulations over the whole body : head 

 pale yellow, and marked on each side by green 

 stripes, one or two of which are continued down 

 the fore part of the abdomen : dorsal and anal fin 

 yellow, edged with green : tail obscurely trilobate, 

 with long forks. Native of Japan. 



ANNULATED LABRUS. 



Labrus Annulatus. L. . . , . . , squamis minutis ,fasciis utrinque 



ftovendecim fuscisy cauda subtriloba. 

 Labrus, with minute scales, subtrilobate tail, and 



body surrounded by nineteen dusky bands. 

 L. annele. Cepede. "* 



Native of the Indian seas : observed by Com- 

 merson. 



BRASILIAN LABRUS. 



Labrus Brasiliensis. L. Jiavus, dorso lunulis casruleis, pinna 



dorsali analique cceruleo striatis. 

 Yellow Labrus, with the back marked by blue crescents, and 



the dorsal and anal fin with blue stripes. 

 Labrus Brasiliensis. Block, t. 280. 



Length about twelve inches : habit that of a 

 tench: colour beautiful yellow, the scales on the 

 back being edged with blue, thus giving the ap- 

 pearance of numerous blue crescents on that part : 

 pectoral, ventral fins, and tail blue : the latter 



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