RET) BANDFISH. 
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Eed tints also on tlie anterior portion of the dorsal, and a thread 
of bright red runs from one ray to another, thus separating 
the yellow portion of the membrane from the outer border; 
middle rays of the tail bright yellow, outer rays red, bordered 
again with a wide stripe of pale purple. In some instances 
these lengthened stripes of yellow, red and blue, or purple, are 
more strongly marked, and well defined; in some also the general 
red colour of the dorsal is marked with deeper patches of red; 
and a drawing was shewn to me by an eminent naturalist, and 
marked with the name of C. Tcenia, in which a wide separation 
was shewn between the dorsal and caudal fins; but on exami- 
nation of the original specimen, which had been preserved, it 
was evident that the displacement had been caused by an 
accident. There seems therefore no reason to doubt the 
correctness of Cuvier’s opinion, that there is only one European 
species of Cepola. 
END OF VOE. II. 
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