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BODIAN CUVIER. 
Order, THORACIC. 
Native Name, DoS D, Oy DEWEEBORALOOWAH. 
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B. cuvier. The body marked with strong brown longitudinal lines, the 
head, back, and tail, bright yellow, alternating with the brown stripes of 
the body. 
Branchiostegous rays 4 Dorsal 31, thirteen spinous. Pectoral 17. Ventral 
6, one spinous. Anal 10, three spinous. Caudal 17. 
Tux Deweeboraloowah of the Cingalese is a wholesome but very 
scarce fish on the Southern coast of Ceylon. It inhabits rocky situ- 
ations, and seldom exceeds eighteen inches in length. The Author, 
during a period of two years, could only obtain one Specimen of 
this extraordinary fish, which he has named after the distinguished 
Perpetual Secretary of the Royal Institute of France, who has, both 
officially and privately, distinguished the First Part of this work by 
his approbation and encouragement, and conferred an honor on it 
which is best expressed in that celebrated Naturalist’s own words :— 
“ J’ai deja eu occasion de le citer dans le troisitme volume Grande 
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Ictyologie. 
Figure—The natural size of the Specimen. 
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