RAINBOW WRASS. 
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iCq aided as food, those which keep in the deeper water beinff 
considered the best. 
Ihe usual size of the Rainbow Wrass is in length from four 
Ti inches: the shape round and slender, so that 
compa'^-fs^it’t oiir description is derived, 
lips fleshy teeth ^ ^ 
especially a na‘ *'^°**^ ™ larger and longer, 
Se “ bodv 1'" h' T“J"- •"'*'>■ Head m.h.u 
oppoiLr^ zrir./ nr atr 
high at the beixinnlnf, a dorsal fan 
o au me oeginnmg, the first rays close to th« 
beaMiful°‘^“i tL ™ir.“,arr'„”tf°i,’e f '“ l“ “''T 
t;:/. 
line runs throueh the snout a variously-coloured 
portion rticL “f nf' "“'H' ”f *0 -Most that 
blook. and in it, farther pr^L" bi^‘ ’ fTi”® 
gill-covers to the tail a wide V • ^Inng the side from the 
a light blue, and paiiTth? 
Eyes red or yellow. Dorsal fin'^wTh ^ f yellow. 
the back, followed above by red the ^ i°^ yellow near 
front a distinct pink mmk XX 
rays, and above this a bD k t " 
third r„t ,ai ,1, wUr .'" ; 7'“'""'' «nd 
like tha dorsal ^ »" coloured 
