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Crenilabrus rone, Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 172. 



This variety lias no black spot behind the eye. Back reddish with green 

 spots ; abdomen silvery with red spots. Three red bands along the soft and two 

 along the spinous dorsal fin : anal similar to soft dorsal. 



Variety 2. Crenilabrus Pennantii. 



Goldsinny,_ Pennant, Brit. Zool. (Ed. 1776) iii, p. 251, pi. xlvii (Ed. 1812) iii, 

 p. 339, pi. lviii. 



Labrus gold finny, Bonn. Atl. Ich. p. 112, pi. xcix, f. 401. 

 Crenilabrus Pennantii, Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 178. 



Black spot at base of tail small : one at vent, another behind the eye. Well- 

 marked bands of colour across cheek and snout. 



Variety 3. Crenilabrus Norwegicus. 



Lntjanus Norwegicus, Bloch, t. cclvi ; Lacep. iv, pp. 190, 232, 234. 

 Perca maculosa, Retz. Faun. Suec. p. 337. 

 Labrus Norwegicus, Bl. Schn. p. 254 ; Nilss. Prod. p. 26. 



Crenilabrus Norwegicus, Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 176 ; Tarrell, Brit. Fish. (Ed. 2) 

 i, p. 328, c. fig. 



A well marked black spot at the base of the caudal fin, none behind the eye. 

 Body, dorsal and caudal fins marbled with brown : some bands from eye to upper 

 lip and angle of the mouth. 



Variety 4 Crenilabrus Comubicus. 



Labrus Comubicus, Gmel. Linn, i, p. 1297 ; Lacep. iii, p. 436 (sc. Comubius) ; 

 Donov. Brit. Fish, iii, pi. lxxii ; Turton, Brit. Fauna, p. 99 ; Jenyns, Manual, 

 p. 398. 



Crenilabrus Comubicus, Risso, Ich. Nice, p. 267, and Eur. Merid. iii, p. 325 ; 

 Yarrell, Brit. Fish. (Ed. 1) i, p. 296, c. fig. (Ed. 3) i, p. 504 ; Parnell, Fish. Firth 

 of Forth, p. 102, and Wern. Mem. vii, p. 262 ; Thompson, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 81. 



Labrus Bonovani, Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 180 ; Guichen. 1. c. p. 86. 



Cynceclus Comubicus, Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 229. 



Goldsinny. Body greenish brown, becoming yellow below. About six vertical 

 bands on the body, some of which extend on to the fins : a large dark spot at the 

 base of the caudal fin. 



Variety 5. Crenilabrus Couchii. 



Corlcwing, Couch, Mag. Nat. Hist, v, p. 17, f. 4, and Fish. Brit. Isles, iii, p. 43, 

 pi. cxxxi. 



Crenilabrus Couchii, Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 178. 



A deep black spot at the base of the tail ; a lighter one behind the eye. 

 Numerous stripes of red or green on the head and also on the vertical fins. 



Monstrosities. 



Gibbous wrasse, Pennant, Brit. Zool. (Ed. 1776) iii, p. 250, pi. xlvi (Ed. 1812) 

 iii, p. 338, pi. lvi. 



Labrus gibbus, Gmel. Linn, i, p. 1295 ; Bonn. Atl. Ich. p. 112, pi. xcix, f. 403 ; 

 Bl. Schn. p. 261 ; Lacep. iv, p. 219 ; Turton, p. 98 ; Jenyns, p. 399. 



