THE 
ANNULATED LABRUS. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Teeth strong and subacute : the grinders some- 
times convex and crowded : lips thick and 
doubled : rays of the dorsal fin^ in some 
species, elongated into soft processes, 
Gill-Covers unarmed, and scaly. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, ^c. 
Pale Labrus, with minute scales, about nine- 
teen dusky bands on each side, and sub- 
trilobate tail. 
Annulated Labrus. 
Gen. ZooL 4. p. 497. 
Lab re annele. 
Cepede. 
The annulated Labrus is a native of the Indian 
seas, and measures about twelve inches in length. 
