fleshy lips, and large conical teeth ; cheeks and gill-covers clothed with 
scales; gill-covers smooth at the edges; three spines in the anal fin. 
In Julis the cheeks and gill-covers are without scales; in other 
respects they resemble Labrus. 
Among the acanthopterygeous fishes we shall only notice the 
singular family of Fididariadm, or Pipe-fishes, so called from the 
extreme elongation of the fore part of the head, forming a tube, at the 
extremity of which is the mouth. Of this family, FMaria tabacaria 
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green, blue, and red, forming bands of spots, give the body the appear- 
ance of being enriched with brilliant metallic reflections. II. The Julis, 
of Eisso, the Mediterranean species of which is remarkable for its fine 
violet colour, relieved on each side by an orange band. 
Of the Labridm we represent here, as a type of the family, the adult 
Green and Bed Labrus (Fig. 394), varieties of the commonest species, 
called the sea-parrot, the body of each being oblong, clothed with large 
scales : a dorsal fin, frequently with membranous appendages, thick 
Kig. 394. Adult Green and Red varieties of Labrus communis. 
