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LOUTI BODIAN. 



Sodianus Louti. B. oblongo-lanceolatus miniatus, guttis violaceis, 



pinnis margine flams. 

 Oblong-lanceolate Bodian, with smallish violaceous spots, and 



fins edged with yellow. 

 Perca Louti. Lin. Gmeh For.sJc. Arab. 



Length between two and three feet : eyes red ; 

 teeth setaceous and flexile, with some stronger 

 conical ones intermixed : tail linear, and bifalcate. 

 Native of the Arabian seas : observed by Forskal. 



PALPEBRAL BODIAN. 



Bodianus Palpebratus. B, spadiceus, oculis ochraceis vafaula 



libera Jlavescente munitis. 

 Subferruginous Bodian, with ochre-coloured eyes, guarded by a 



moveable yellow valve. 

 Sparus palpebratus. Lin, Gmel. Pall. nord. beytr. 2. 



Shape resembling that of a Perch, but the head 

 more obtuse : length a few inches : eyes guarded 

 externally by an oval moveable yellow valve or 

 cover, attached by the anterior extremity : native 

 of the seas about Amboyna. 



