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FISHES. THORACIC. 29. Scarus. 
39* SCARUS. Inftead of teeth ftrong 
proceffes, crenate at the edges : 
TfieinbTdne _^-rayed, the covers 
entire : lateTal line mollly branche*^' 
Rlvulatas, Jaws continuous, fmootlied, ferrate, with moft 
teeth at the edges, the teeth approximate, fiiifr*''”' 
growing a little lefs from the middle of the'lip- i/ 
Inhabits Arabia ; near a yard long ; body blueilli with 
ipots and longitudinal yellow rivulets; feeds on herbs; ,, 
very minute ; fielh eatable, though the Ipines of £h« 
produce a temporaiy inllammation, 
Firlt and laft ray of the umtral fins fpinous ; a fpine beft»« 
dorfal fin ; taiL forked. 
Dorf. 15 : V. ^ : a. , 1 : c, i't rays. 
Stcllatus. Body oval, ftellate with coaliguoiis nearly 
fpots. ^ 
Inhabits Arabia, among banks of coral; half a foot 
feeds on herbs ; fcales round, fmall. . , 
Cremre flattifb, with 2 longitudinal obtufe ridges, conv^fK 
on the fore-part ; eyes leraote, iris yellow ; nojlrils each , 
double; lips equal; gill-covers Italy, ftriate behind; 
covered by the ventral fins ; lateral line not confpicuo‘‘j 
peEloral fins obtufe, yellowiih, the reft black ; dcrfr^ hs 
analobtuCe behind ; tail 2-lobed, obtule, with yellow bio'"’ 
at the fide. 1 
4 ' 16 : V. j : a. 4 : c. 17 rays. 
'Chobban. 
Tail even ; jaws whitiflr ; patches on the head and 0“''^ 
edge of the fins green-blue. 
Inhabits Arabia ; body whitiih ; fcales with each a tranfi'j/j, 
blueifti ftripe in the middle and one at the bale, alfo 
brown longitudinal ftteaks. . j 
lips yellowiih at the edge, green-blue at the bafe ; laterit'‘'\.j 
double, one near the back, the other commencing befo'O 1’ 
fimlhes, and running ftraight through the middle of w 
tail ; pectoral fins obtule, hyaline, the upper edge . [, 
bafe only blue, the reft reddifh-violet ; dorfal and anal'>‘\^, 
with a green-blue longitudinal ftripe at the bafe ; W'f 
p cate, greenifii behind. 
, . i). 19 : /I. 1 4 : V, 6 : a. 1 2 : c. j 2 rays. A- 
ferr’‘y 
