PISCES THORACICI. LABRUS. 
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The colour generally reddish, with an obscure mixture of gold. The fins of a yellowish red. 
The length six inches and a half. 
REMARKS. 
In White’s Journal,* there is the figure of a fish reckoned a Sparus, that bears a strong resemblance to the 
present subject. 
The situation of the dorsal fin is a remarkable character, and suggested an idea of the new genus Kurtus,'f 
from which however, besides being a thoracic, not a jugular fish, it differs in other essential characters. 
LABRUS. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Caput: dentes acuti. Labia simplicia. Mem- 
hr ana branchiostega radiis sex. Opercula 
squamosa. 
Corpus: pinna dorsalis radii postice ramen to 
Jiliformi aucti ; pectorales acuminata . 
Linea lateralis recta. 
The head : the teeth sharp ; lips simple; 
six rays in the branchial membrane; 
the opercula squamous. 
The body: the rays of the dorsal fin 
furnished on the posterior edge, with 
membranous filaments. Pectoral fins 
acuminate ; lateral line straight. 
No. CXV. 
Labrus cauda pentagona ; cor pore ovato-lanceolato , cinereo-obscuro; pinna dorsali interrupta. 
The Labrus with a pentagonal tail; an ovate-lanceolate body, of a dark cineritious 
colour ; and the dorsal fin interrupted. 
Called by the Natives Nalla Katchelee. 
II 2 
B. vii. D. Jjf. P. IS. V. 6. A.' 9. G. 18. 
The body ovate-lanceolate, compressed; scales large, roundish, edge membranous, base striate, imbricate, 
tenacious; smaller above the line than on other parts. 
The head small, ovate, compressed, declivous, squamous, cheeks bare. The mouth large, a little oblique; 
lips thick, covering the teeth. Jaws extractile, the upper somewhat longer than the under. Teeth in a regular 
row, distant, recurve, short. The tongue large, oblong, subtriangular, obtuse, sheathed, smooth, free. The 
* Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, Loud. 1790. 
t Bloch, Part V. p. 98. 
