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NATURAL HISTORY 
BRITISH FISHES. 
PLATE XLIX. 
LABRUS TRIMACULATUS. 
TRIMACULJTED WRASSE, 
PISCES THORACICI. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Teeth acute: lips simple: branchiostegous membrane with six 
and scaly covers : dorsal fin, with a slender skin beyond the end 
each ray 5 pectoral fin acuminated : lateral line straight. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
ANJi 
SYNONYMS. 
lied ; on each side at the base of the dorsal fin two dark spots, and 
^ third between the dorsal fin and tail. 
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