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SCARUS-PEPO. 
Order, ‘THORACIC. 
Native Name, Co C) Lod5 LaBoo-GIRAWAH. 
S.-pero. Body covered with scales, resembling a regularly marked net or 
trellis work, of yellow, on a blue eround, graduating towards the under parts. 
Head yellow, with various forms and spots of blue. Eye brilliant; iris 
golden. Caudal fin dark green, vertically tinged with reddish brown; dorsal 
and anal fins reddish brown, bordered with dark green. Pectoral and ventral 
fins yellowish brown, the front rays green; no spines. 
Branchiostegous rays 5. Dorsal 20. Pectoral 14. Ventral 6. Anal II. 
Caudal 15. | 
Tu Laboo-Girawah of the Cingalese is very scarce on the 
southern coast of Ceylon. It has been taken upwards of three feet 
in length; its flesh is white and firm ; and, if more generally known, 
would be highly esteemed. 
Girawah, or Parrot, is applied to those fishes which the natives 
consider beautiful ; and this fish is not the least worthy of their con- 
sideration. Laboo is the name of a species of gourd or pumpkin, to 
which the marks and colors of the fish have some resemblance. It 
‘5 somewhat allied to the Scarus Viridis of Block, table 233, but the 
scales are larger, and the color more distinctly marked. 
Figure—One-fourth the size of the original. 
