502 Capt. CARMICHAEL'S Dess of 
sal fin eight-rayed.: Second twenty-rayed. Pectoral fins rounded, 
fifteen-rayed ; five lowest rays simple, curved; the rest divided. 
Ventral fins distant, five-rayed. Anal fin sixteen-rayed. Tail con- 
vex. L. line raised, parallel with the back. Scales none. Colour 
olive, marbled with green blotches and white dots. Skin mucous. 
This fish is very common among the rocks, and takes the bait 
greedily. Flesh delicate. - 
à. Laprus onNATUSs, olivaceus corpore pinnisque fasciis longi- 
tudinalibus azureis. ` : | 
Tan. XXVII. 
Length eight inches. Body oblong, compressed. Head small, 
naked. Mouth very small, armed with a single row of subulate 
teeth. Eyes small; iris flame-coloured. Cheeks scaly. G. mem- 
brane five-rayed. Dorsal fin the length of the body, twenty-two- 
rayed, a few of the anterior rays spinous. Pectoral fan-shaped, 
twelve-rayed. Ventral six-rayed, lanceolate. Anal sixteen-rayed. 
Tail rounded. Scales large, deciduous. L. line parallel with the 
back. Colour olive, with four agure stripes along the sides, and 
three along the dorsal and anal fins. Head variegated with azure 
stripes; four bars of azure across the tail. Dorsal and pectoral 
fins, with the upper half of the tail, purple. | 
A very rare fish, Caught off the rocks. 
Flora of Tristan da Cunha. 
1, ACENA SARMENTOSA, diandra hermaphrodita, aristis qua- 
tuor, capitulis globosis, foliolis argute serrato-incisis: supra 
glabris venosis; subtus sericeis, stipulis indivisis. 
Ancistrum sarmentosum. Aubert du Petit Thouars Flore de 
Tristan @ Acugna, p. 44. in Melanges de Botanique. m 
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