LABRID^E. 269 



Genus VI. Coris, Lacepede. 



Eologymnosus, sp. Lacep ; Ilalichosres, sp. Riipp. ; Rseudocoris, Hemicoris, and 

 Ophtladmolepis, Bleeker. 



Branchiostegals six : pseudobran chice present. Body oblong and compressed- 

 Teeth in the jaws, the anterior ones being conical and free, while laterally the 

 outer row is composed of larger teeth than the inner: a posterior canine pointing 

 far i cards, often exists at the angle of the mouth. A single dorsal fin with eight or 

 nine spines : anal with three. Scales small, 50 or more rows : none on the head 

 (except in C. lineolata). Lateral-line continuous. 



Geographical distribution. From the south coast of Great Britain extending 

 to the Atlantic and the tropical portion of both hemispheres, as well as the 

 adjacent regions. 



1. Coris julis, Plate LXXVII, Sg. 1 male, fig. 2 female. 

 Synonymy of males. 



Julis, Rondel, vi, cap. 7, p. 180; Salviani, p. 219; Gesner, Aquat. iv, p. 464; 

 Aldrov. i, c. 7, p. 39 ; Jonston, i, tit. 2, c. 1, art. 5, t. xiv, f. 3 ; Willugh. p. 324, 

 pi. x, f. 1 ; Ray, Syn. p. 138. Labrus, no. 7, Artedi, Gen. p. 34, no. 1, Synon. 

 p. 53. Mcenas, Klein, Miss. Pise, v, p. 45, no. 4, t. viii, f. 8. Labrus, sp. Gronov. 

 Mus. Ich. ii, sp. 184 and Zooph. no. 241. Sparus niloticus, Hasselq. Iter Pahes. 

 p. 387. Rainbow wrasse, Pennant, Brit. Zool. (Ed. 1812) iii, p. 343. 



Labrus julis, Linn. Syst. i, p. 476; Shaw, Zool. iv, p. 525 ; Bloch, t. eclxxxvii, 

 f. 1 ; Bonn. Atl. Ich. p. 108, pi. iii, f. 199 ; Lacep. iii, p. 493 ; Bl. Schn. p. 247 ; 

 Donovan, Brit. Fish, iv, pi. xevi ; Turton, Brit. Fauna, p. 99; Risso, Ich. Nice, 

 p. 227; Jenyns, Manual, p. 3'J7 ; Gronov. ed. Gray, p. 79. 



Julis Mediterranea, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii, p. 309 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fishes (Ed. 1) 

 i, p. 291, c. fig. (Ed. 2) i, p. 344 (Ed. 3) i, p. 521. 



Julis speciosa, Risso, 1. c. iii, p. 311 ; Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 375. 



Julis vidgaris, Fleming, Brit. Anim. p. 210 ; Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 361, pi. 

 ccclxxxiv; Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesc. c. fig.; Kioyer, Dan. Fiske, i, p. 561, c. fig.; 

 Moreau, Poiss. France, iii, p. 141. 



Julis f estiva, Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 374. 



Julis melanura, Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. iii, p. 12. 



Julis julis, White, Catal. p. 26. 



Coris julis, Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 195 ; Steind. Ich. Span. u. Tort. 1868, p. 35 ; 

 Winther, Ich. Dan. Mar. p. 27 ; Giglioli, Pesc. Ital. p. 35. 



Rainbow wrasse, Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, iii, p. 49, pi. exxxiv. 



Synonymy of females and young. 



Labrus Giofredi, Risso, Ich. Nice, p. 228, pi. ix, f. 23. 



Julis Giofredi, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii, p. 310 ; Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 371, pi. 

 ccclxxxv ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesc. pi. fig. 2 ; Moreau, Poiss France, iii, p. 145, 

 c. fig. 



Coris giofredi, Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 197 ; Giglioli, Pesc. Ital. p. 35. 



B. v i, D. t^t-3, P. 12-13, V. 1/5, A. TT ? Tir , C. 13-14, L. 1. 75-78 (80), L. tr. 

 3/24, Vert. 9-10/15-16. 



Length of head 4j- to 4^, of caudal fin 7 to 7\, height of body 4^ to 5 in the 

 total length. Eye diameter 5 to 6 in the length of the head, l to 2 diameters 

 from the end of the snout, and 1 to \\ apart. Jaws of the same length anteriorly, 

 the snout more elongated in adult males than in females and young, partly due 

 to the comparatively smaller eye : the maxilla extends posteriorly to below the 



