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GREEN LABRUS. 



Labrus Viridis. L. viridis, subtus jlavescens, corpore utrinque 



fascia longiludinali ccerulea. 

 Green Labrus, yellowish beneath, with a longitudinal blue 



stripe on each side the body. 

 Labrus viridis. Lin. Gmel, L. Psittacus. Cepede. 

 Turdus viridis, seu decimus Rondeletii. Will. p. 320. ? 



Native of the Mediterranean : said to vary oc- 

 casionally in its colours. 



STRIPED LABRUS. 



Labrus variegatus. L. ruber, striis utrinque longitudinaUbut 



quatuor olivaceis, totidemque cceruleis. 

 Red Labrus, longitudinally marked on each side with four 



olive and four blue stripes. 

 Labrus variegatus. Lin. Gmel. Striped Wrasse. Venn. Brit. 



Zool. 



General shape resembling the rest of the oblong 

 Labri : length about ten inches : beginning of the 

 back a little arched : lips large, double, and reflex : 

 back and abdomen red : sides marked with four pa- 

 rallel olive-green, and as many bright-blue stripes : 

 at the base of the pectoral fins a dark-olive spot : 

 dorsal fin marked at the beginning with a broad 

 band of rich blue ; the middle part white, the rest 

 red : tail blue at the upper, and yellow at the 

 lower half. Native of the European seas ; the 

 specimen described in the British Zoology was 

 taken off the Skerry Isles, on the coast of Anglesea. 



