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the commencement of the dorsal ; all the rays soft and arti- 

 culated, and, except the first, branched : ventrals a little 

 shorter ; the first ray spinous, shorter than the second and 

 third, which are longest ; all the soft rays branched ; the last 

 ray united to the abdomen by a membrane for half its length. 



B. 5 : D. 20+ 10 or 11 : P. 14 : V. 1 + 5 : A. 3 + 9 : C. 13. 



Colours of specimens in spirits yellowish brown, with irre- 

 gular transverse bands ; dorsal irregularly spotted with fus- 

 cous ; anal light brown ; the other fins pale. 11 



" It is apparently, 11 says Mr. Jenyns, " quite distinct 

 from any of those described by other authors. Though be- 

 longing to the present section (Labrus), which it is conve- 

 nient to retain, it would seem to form the transition to the 

 Crenihibri, to which its near affinity is indicated by the ru- 

 dimentary denticulations on the margin of the prcopercle.' 1 



