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SOFT- BACKED LABRUS. 



Labms Malapteronotus. L , maxilla inferior e lengiore, 



fasciis utrinquc longitudinalibus ? alhidis, pinna dorsali moili*, 



, . . . . Labms, with the lower jaw longer than the upper,, 

 longitudinal ? whitish bands on each side, and soft dorsal fin. 



L. Malapteronote. Cepede. 



Front teeth in the lower jaw inclining forwards : 

 heal and gill-covers destitute of scales : gill-covers 

 terminated by a dark-coloured spot : dorsal fin 

 furnished with soft rays only : native of the Indian 

 seas. 



GUAZA LABRUS, 



Labrus Guaza. L. fuscus, cauda rotundata ramentacea. 

 Brown Labrus, with rounded ramentose tail. 

 L. Guaza. Cepede. 



Observed by Leoffling: native of the European 

 seas. 



* Many of the specific characters affixed to the Labri must be 

 received with proper latitude, and are by no means to be regarded 

 as absolutely decisive, it being hardly possible to form such. 



