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LINEAR LABRUS. < 



Labrus Linearis. L. oblongus albidus, pinnce dorsalis radio ultimo 

 inermi. 



Oblong Labrus, with the last ray of the dorsal fin soft. 

 L. linearis. Lin. Gmel. 



Body of an elongated form : head compressed : 

 dorsal fin very long, with twenty sharp rays and one 

 soft : described by Linnaeus in the first volume of 

 the Amasnitates Academic aa. Native bf the Ameri- 

 can and Indian seas. 



LUNULATED LABRUS. 



JLabrus Lunulatus. L. fusco-mrescens, squamis singulis fascia 

 ferruginea, capite pectoreque rubra guttatis. 



Greenish -brown Labrus, with each scale marked by a ferrugin- 

 ous band, and the head and breast spotted with red. 



L. lunulatus. Lin. Gmel. Forsk, Arab. 



Length about twelve inches : scales broad and 

 striated : eyes brownish-green : gill-covers com- 

 monly marked at the hinder edge with a fulvous 

 crescent bordered with black : native of the Arabian 

 seas : observed by Forskal. 



