498 BALLAN LABRUS. 



slightly trilobate : dorsal and anal fin yellow, with 

 two blue stripes across the whole length of each : 

 native of Brasil. 



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With strait or rounded tails. 



PEACOCK LABRUS. 



Labrus Pavo. L. viridi, cceruleo, ruhro^Jlavoque varius. 

 Labrus variegated with green, blue, red, and yellow. 

 Labrus Pavo. Lin. Gmel. Pavo. Salman. Turdus perbella 

 dictus. Will. p. 322. t. X. 3. 



Length about twelve inches : body and tail 

 green mixed with yellow, and beset, as well as the 

 gill-covers, with red and blue spots : a large brown 

 spot near each pectoral fin, and a similar one on 

 each side the tail. Native of the Mediterranean, 

 as well as of the Indian seas. 



BALLAN LABRUS. 



Labrus Ballanus. L. Jiavus, futoo-maculatus, labiis reflexis, pinna 



dorsali ramentacea. 

 Yellow Labrus, with fulvous spots, reflex lips, and ramentose 



dorsal fin. 

 Ballan Wrasse. Venn. Brit. Zool. 



The weight of this species, according to Mr. 

 Pennant, is about five pounds : form rather broad : 

 between the dorsal fin and tail a considerable de- 

 pression : above the nose a deep furrow y and on 



