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coasts of England. Among these are Labrus bergylta, the ballan 

 wrasse; Labrus viridis, the green wrasse; Labms ossiphagus, 

 the red wrasse; and Labrus merula, the black wrasse. Acan- 

 tholabrus palloni and Centrolabrus exoletus have more than 

 three anal spines. The latter species, known as rock cook, is 

 abundant in western Norway, as far north as Throndhjem, its 

 range extending to the northward beyond that of any other 

 Labroid. Allied to these, on the American coast, is the tautog 

 or blackfish, Tautoga onitis, a common food-fish, dusky in 

 color with excellent white flesh, especially abundant on the 

 coast of New England. With this, and still more abundant, is 

 the cunner or chogset, Tautogolabrus adspersus, greenish-blue 



FIG. 319. Capitaine or Hogfish, Lachnolaimus falcatus. Florida. 



in color, the flesh being also more or less blue. This fish is 

 too small to have much value as food, but it readily takes the 

 hook set for better fishes. 



In the Mediterranean are found many species of Crenilabrus, 

 gaily colored, each species having its own peculiar pattern and 

 its own arrangement of inky spots. Among these are Crenila- 

 brus mediterraneus, Crenilabrus pavo, and Crenilabrus griseus. 

 With these are the small species called Ctenolabrus rupestris, 

 the goldsinny, much like the American cunner, and the long- 

 nosed Symphodus scina. 



Of the many West Indian species we may notice the Capi- 



