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SCARUS QUINQUE-FASCIATUS. 
Order, THORACIC. | 
Panoo-GIRAWAH. 
Native Name cS HF : 
WorM-PARROT. 
S. QUINQUE-FASCIATUS. Body dark purple, approaching to black, with five 
perpendicular light stripes; three touching on the dorsal fin, the third also 
touches the anal fin, the other two near the caudal. The head beautifully 
variegated with pink, green, and yellow, interspersed with markings of black, 
somewhat representing a highly-colored map. Hye projecting, iris golden, 
surrounded by black, strongly marked on the upper part. 
Branchiostegous rays 3 Dorsal 19, nine spinous. Pectoral 12. Ventral 6, 
one spinous. Anal 13, one spinous. Caudal 15. 
Tur Panoo-Girawah of the Cingalese is one of that splendid class 
of fishes on the coast of Ceylon which the natives denominate 
Parrot. This fish has been known to attain the length of thirty 
inches; its flesh is delicately white, firm, and wholesome. ‘I'he 
Panoo-Girawah derives its name from a fancied resemblance of the 
vertical stripes of yellow and green on its body, to a species of 
Palm-worm. 
The Specimen, though small, is of the size of the most perfect Specimen the 
author could select, 



