FISHES. THORACIC. 30. Labrus. 793 
Caudal fin truncate in the middle ; dorfal and anal with a 
purple line ; lips folded. 
Inhabits South America and India ; body oblong. 
Dorf. pert. 15 : tent. S', an, caud, 16 rays. 
Caudal fin truncate in the middle ; dorfal and anal with 
violet lines at the bafe ; lower lip with a doubling 
Inhabfc JrSt-t:,and is accounted very poifonous ; bodydufky- 
ereen with violet lines all over the body ; beily with 2 blue 
ftrines and a green one in the middle; fcales lax, Itriate, 
membranaceous at the edge, and marked with a tranfverfe 
i/J^mote? his green, the edge of the pupil red ; teeth in one 
row, the middle ones larger and remote, the re ft contiguous , 
lateral line a little branched, bent downwards near he end of 
the doriiil fin; feBoral fins oval, blue, the middle violet . 
ventral blue, the fecond ray ending m a long thrrad; do^al 
and anal blue at the outer edge ; tad yellow m the middle, 
violet towards the fides and edged with blue. 
Dorf. I,: pect. 14: vent. 'e'. an. 1: caud. 15 ia}s. 
Caudal fin truncate in "" 
loneitudinal purple refleaed llripe at the bale. 
js ..... f -i'x fS; 
bTOad,'rhomb?c, Kriate, loofely imbricate ; flclh good. 
Cr.™rcoLex, naked brown, with a purple triangle each fij 
before the eyes ; eyes fmall, remote, ms purple ; lips obtufc, 
eoual the Ipper protraftile ; teeth ftrong, m one row, the 
l^mfddle ones larger, remote; before the tranlve* nojinls 
a round foramen with a cirrus ; gill-covers naked, with 
fauare purp’e fpot, and hinder edge of the poftenor, peefo- 
L’*™.. *.tip of ,hefo™rw,.1..2g 
lunar black fpot ; anal and ventral blu? ; tail gieen, 
•Durple fpots ; lateral line branched. 
Dor/.l : pect. 15: tent. 6 : an. caud. 12 rays. 
Tail truncate in the middle ; edge of the fins, abdominal 
ftripe ‘‘nd "larks on the head blue 
Inhabits Arabia s body geeenjlU, witU- yeiw 
ftriate. 
