794 FISHES. THORACIC. 30 . Labrus. 
^yts finall, remote ; yuws of 2 bofies, the lower with one 
each fide, upper 3 ; gill-cover with loofe fcales ; laUral 
nightly branched, double, the firft near the back, the otb^ 
in the middle ; Jins purple. 
I^Orf, 20: pe£l. 13: vent. 6: an, n: caud. 12 rays. 
^"ger. Tail truncate in the middle j a dufley-green loneitudiH*' 
ftripe down the chin. ° ° 
Inhabits Arabia: body black-brown; head with greenil^' 
brown lines. 
jfaws, whicii are bifid, blotches on the head and outer edge 
blue-pcen ; lips edged with red, then green'y’' 
brown ; teeth in the upper jaw 2, canine, white ; fins 
let-brown ; pedoral obfeure, ferruginous, brown at the 
fatt grecnifh, the angles lanceolate. 
Dorf. 20; peEl, 14: vent. 6: an, 12: caud. 13 rays. 
Chams. Head with 3 blueifli rivulets each fide ; under the eye * 
fquare blue fpot. 
Inhabits Confiantinopk ; above brown, beneath white. 
Lower ;«aj longer, between the eyes are 2 furrows, diverg'W 
behind ; anterior gill-covers ferrate behind, pofterior 
, I ventral and anal fins yellow ; dorfal and 
dal fpotted with red. '' 
Dorf, peB. 15: vent. an. caud. ly rays. 
Opercula- Body with 10 brown bands; glll-cov^ers with a 
tus. fpot. 
Inhabits Afia. 
Dorf. J: peB. iG: vent, I ; an, caud. 16 rays. 
Pavo. Body varied with green, blue, blood-red and hoary. 
Inhabits the Mediterranean iea, near Syria. 
Dorf. 31 ; pect. 14 : vent. 9 ; an , : caud. 16 rays. 
Auritus, Gill-covers fin-lhaped. 
Inhabits frelh waters of North America, 
/m yellow ; gilUovers with a long, obtufe, black merobran® 
the tip ; tail 2-loDea. 
Dorf. j peB. 15 : vent. 6 ; an, ; caud, 1 7 rays. 
Trkhopte. Ventral fins with one ray, 
rus. Inhabit' 
