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WE-SPINED BODIAN. 



Bodianus Pentacanthus. jB. roseus, abdomine argent eo, pi mm 



dorsali antice flam. 

 Rose-coloured Bodian, with silvery abdomen, and dorsal fin 



yellow on the fore-part. 

 Bodianus pentacanthus. Block. 



Length about thirteen inches : shape nearly as 

 in the preceding, but rather more slender : colour 

 beautiful deep rose, with a silvery cast on the ab- 

 domen : fore-part of the dorsal fin yellow ; re- 

 mainder, together with the rest of the fins, 

 deep rose : tail deeply forked, the upper lobe 

 stretching beyond the lower : anterior gill-covers 

 armed with five strong spines : native of the Bra- 

 silian seas, and in considerable esteem as a food. 



AYA BODIAN. 



Bodianus Aya. B. ruber, abdomine argenteo, operculis unispinosis, 

 cauda lunata. 



Red Bodian, with silvery abdomen, single- spined gill-covers, 



and lunated tail. 

 Bodianus Aya. Block. 



A highly beautiful species : size and habit of a 

 Carp : colour bright red, with silvery abdomen, and 

 most of the scales on the body edged with silver : 

 back blood-red : dorsal fin rounded at the tip : tail 

 lunated : scales middle sized : eyes red. Native of 

 the Brasilian seas, and in much esteem as a food : 

 said to grow to the length of three feet. 



