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CHEQUERED LABRUS. 



Labrus Centiquadrus. L. albido purpureoque tcsselatus. 

 Labras tesselated with alternate purple and whitish marks. 

 L. echiquier. Cepede. 



Head and fins varied with red : whole body 

 tesselated with blackish-purple and whitish areolae : 

 a black spot on each of the pectoral fins: tail 

 yellow : size not mentioned : native of the Indian 

 seas : observed by Commerson. 



SMALL-SCALED LABRUS. 



Labrus Microlepidotus . L. argenteus, dorso subfusco, pimiis albis. 

 Silvery Labrus, with brownish back and white fins. 

 L. microlepidotus. Block, t. 2Q2. 



Length about twelve inches : colour silvery, 

 tinged with yellowish brown on the back, and 

 dorsal fin ; rest of the fins white : scales rather 

 small for the size of the fish. Native regions un- 

 known : described by Dr. Bloch from a specimen 

 im the Linkian collection at Leipzic. 



