264 ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



Genus III. Ctenolabrus, Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Branchiostegals five : pseudobranchice present. Body oolong and compressed. 

 Teeth in the jaivs in a band of conical ones, the outer row being the larger : no 

 posterior canine. A single dorsal fin consisting of upwards of 20 rays, 16 to 18 

 at least of which are spinous, and none are elongated : anal spines three. Scales of 

 moderate size, those on the cheeks and opercles being imbricate. Lateral-line 

 continuous. 



This genus lias been subdivided into two subgenera as follows : 



1. Interoperculum scaled. European. Ctenolabrus. 



3. Interoperculum scaleless. American. Tautogolabrus. 



Geographical distribution. The temperate portions of the North Atlantic 

 Ocean, both in Europe and America ; likewise found in the North Sea and 

 Mediterranean. 



1. Ctenolabrus rupestris, Plate LXXIV. 



Goldsinny, Ray, Syn. Pise. p. 163, t. i, f. 3 ; Karudsee, Sondm. i, p. 291 ; 

 Bergnultra, Linn. West. Resa, p. 179. ? Antient wrasse, Pennant, Brit. Zool. 

 (Ed. 1) iii, p. 244, pi. xlvii, fig. 115, and (Ed. 2) iii, p. 332, pi. lviii. 



Sciaina rupestris, Linn. Mus. Ad. Frid. p. 65, t. xxi, f. 7. 



Labrus suillus, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 117, and Syst. Nat. i, p. 476. 



Labrus rupestris, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 478 ; Walb. Artedi, iii, p. 252 ; Bonn. 

 Atl. Ich. p. 112 ; Mull. Prod. Zool. Dan. p. 45 ; Bl. Schn. p. 248 ; NiLss. Prod, 

 p. 76 ; Fries and Ekst. Skand. Fish. p. 45, t. ix, f. 1 ; Risso, Eur. Merid. iii, 

 p. 507; Johnston, Fish. Berwickshire N. F. Club, 1838, i, p. 172. 



Perca rupestris, Miiller, Zool. Dan. iii, p. 44, t. cvii ; Retz. Faun. Suec. p. 337. 



Lutjanus rupestris, Bloch, t. ecl, f. 1. 



Sparus carudse, Lacep. iv, p. 148. 



Crenilabrus rupestris, Selby, Mag. Zool. Bot. i, p. 167; Thompson, 1. c. ii, p. 

 445, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, p. 57, and Nat. Hist. Ireland, iv, p. 129 ; Parnell, 

 Wern. Mem. vii, p. 264, and Fish. Firth of Forth, p. 104 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fishes 

 (Ed. 2) i, p. 333, c. fig. ; Kroyer, Dan. Fiske, i, p. 541, c. fig. ; Blake-Knox, Zool. 

 Dec. 1866, p. 506 ; White, Catal. p. 24. 



Ctenolabrus mq^estris, Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 223 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. (Ed. 3) 

 i, p. 509 ; Nilss. Skan. Faun. Fisk. p. 274 ; Guichen. Explor. Alger. Poiss. p. 88 ; 

 Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 89 ; Mcintosh, Fish. N. Uist. Pro. Roy. Soc. Eclin. v, 

 1862-66, p. 614 ; Steind. Ich. Span. u. Port. 1868, p. 32 ; Collett, Norges Fisk. 

 p. 92 ; Winther, Ich. Dan. Mar. p. 26 ; Moreau, Poiss. France, iii, p. 134, c. fig. ; 

 Giglioli, Pesc. Ital. p. 35. 



Ctenolabrus marginatum, Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 232; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 89. 



Cynaidus rupestris, Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 229. 



Jago's goldsinny, Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, iii, p. 47, pi. exxxiii. 



B. v, D. ifcft, P. 14, V. 1/5, A. f, C 15, L. 1. 38-40, L. tr. T -|:^, Vert. 15/18. 



Length of head 4 to 4f , of caudal fin 7-f-, height of body 3-J to 3f in the total 

 length. Eye diameter 3^ to 4 in the length of the head, 1 to \\ diameters from 

 the end of the snout, and 1 apart. Snout rather pointed. Mouth rather small : 

 jaws even anteriorly : the posterior extremity of the maxilla scarcely reaches 

 to beneath the front edge of the eye. Posterior border of preopercle evenly 

 seriated. Teeth a band of conical ones in the jaws, the outer row being the 

 larger. Fins- the dorsal commences slightly posterior to the origin of the 

 pectoral ; its spines increase in height to the last, which, however, is lower than 

 the rays: soft portion of the fin rounded and similar to the anal. Pectoraj 



