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CARINATED LABRUS. 



Labrus Carinatus. L. squamis bicarinatis. 

 Labrus with bicarinated scales. 

 L. aristatus. Cepede. 



Shape oval : teeth separate : the two front teeth 

 in the lower jaw longer than the rest : native of the 

 fresh waters of China. 



WHITE-BANDED LABRUS. 



Labrus Albovittatus. L. suhflavus, fasciis utrinque tribus longi- 



tudinalibus albis. 

 Yellowish Labrus, with three longitudinal white bands on each 



side. 



L. albovittatus. Cepede. 

 Native of the Northern seas ? 



PUNCTATED LABRUS. 



Labrus Punctatus. L. subfuscirs, lineis longitudinalibus plurimis 



fusco-punctatis, pinna dorsali ramentacea. 

 Brownish Labrus, with many longitudinal brown-spotted lines, 



and ramentose dorsal fin. 

 L. punctatus. Lin. Gmel. Block, t. 295. 



Length about five inches : colour whitish, with 

 the back brown : scales large : body marked by 

 several rows of dusky spots ; owing to a spot at 

 the base of each scale : dorsal fin produced in a 



