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of the soft part are spotted with purple ; these spots extend on 
the membranes ; the fin is bordered with red. The caudal has its 
rays orange, spotted with carmine ; the anal has three longitudinal 
series of large, rounded, carmine spots; the ventrals are pink, 
and the pectorals yellow ; the eye is carmine, with concentric 
green lines. 
I dedicated this sort to my old and celebrated friend. Dr. 
Bleeker, who not only showed me so much kindness when I was 
at Batavia, hut also has so much helped me for years in my 
Ichthyological studies in India. 
The length of this fish is, on an average, from 10 to 12 inches. 
LABEICHTHXS ETCHAEDSOltl. 
{Parrot Fisli.) 
Very much like the former, but a little broader. The teeth 
are the same, but there is only one canine at the corner of the 
jaw. The scales, composition of the fins, and lateral line are 
similar, the latter is formed of twenty-six tubes ; the dorsal has 
nine spines and eleven soft rays ; the caudal fourteen rays ; the 
anal three spines and eleven rays ; the j)ectorals thirteen rays. 
The general colour is of a light blueish green, with a black 
spot on the extremity of the operculum, and two broad, trans- 
verse bands of the same colour — one extending from the third or 
fourth spine of the dorsal to the first soft ray of the same ; the 
second, which is often absent, is placed more backwards ; the 
scales have no coloured margin ; a few dark spots are usually 
seen between the fifth, sixth, and seventh spines of the dorsal ; 
the fins are of the colour of the body, the caudal alone having a 
posterior orange margin ; the eye is green, with an inner and 
outer crimson circle. 
My largest specimen measures about II inches. 
There are three series of scales on the cheeks, and the entire 
surface is very rough ; the dorsal scales do not extend on the 
base of the fin. 
I consider as a variety of this sort a specimen which, with its 
general form and colour, had three faint transverse, obscure 
bands, and a longitudinal stripe extending from the angle of the 
mouth to the first transverse band passing below the eye ; the 
caudal, ventral, and pectoral were yellow, with the fins orange ; 
