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LABEID^. 
“ Body oblong or elongate, covered with cycloid 
scales. The lateral line extends to the caudal, or is 
interrupted. One dorsal fin, with the spinous portion 
as well developed as, or more, than the soft ; the soft 
anal similar to the soft dorsal. Ventral fins thoracic, 
with no spine and five short rays. Palate without 
teeth ; only one lower pharyngeal line Avithout me- 
dium suture. Branchiostegals, five or six; gills, 
three and a-half; pseudobran chiaA and air-bladder 
present. Pyloric appendages none; stomach Avith- 
out csecal sac. 
“ Marine fishes, inhabiting the seas of the tem- 
perate and tropical regions.” 
LABEICHTHTS. 
These fish were separated from Lahrus hy Dr. Sleeker. The 
sorts are numerous in the Australian waters, and most are 
remarkable for the beauty of their colours. Not being generally 
considered as good for food, it is very seldom that the fishermen 
send them to the market. The only three sorts I have, up to this 
time, observed, appear to be new, or, at least, none of the descrip- 
tions given by Cuvier, Eichardson, or Dr. Gunther can apply to 
either. The Parrot Fish, as those Labridm are commonly called, 
only appear in the warm months of the year ; the first I saw was 
at the end of September. It is probable that the Lahrus Oypri- 
naceus (White, New South Wales, p. 264, pi. 51, fig. 1,) belongs 
to this genus. 
LABEICHTHTS BLEEEEEI. 
{Parrot Fish.') 
The teeth are on a double line, particularly at the upper jaw. 
This would exclude these fish from Lahrichthys, as Dr. Gunther, 
in the synopsis of the genera of Lahridoe, gives to this genus, for a 
