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BULi>EYED LABRUS; 



Labrus Boops. L. maxilla inferior e longiore, oculis permagnis, 



pinnis dorsalibus duabus. 

 Labrus with the lower jaw longer than the upper, very large 



eyes, and two dorsal fins. 

 Labrus Boops. Lin, Gmd* 



Teeth , in the lower jaw large and sharp i eyes 

 extremely large : native of Japan. 



BLUE-FINNED LABRtjS. 



Labrus Cyanopterus. L. supra rubro Jtavo viridique varius 3 



subtus viridi fuscoque, pinnis cceruleis. 

 Labrus varied above with red, yellow, and green, beneath with 



green and brown, with blue fins. 

 Cheilodiptere cyanoptere. Cepede. 



A beautiful species : body above the lateral line 

 Varied with undulated oblique stripes of yellow, 

 green, and red ; below the lateral line with brown 

 and green : pectoral, ventral and anal fins yellow, 

 the dorsal fins and tail blue: beneath the lower jaw 

 a short cirrus : native of the American seas : de- 

 scribed by Cepede from a drawing by Plumier : 

 perhaps more properly belonging to the genus 

 Sciasna than Labrus. 



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