TOOK WRASSK. 



817 



ACANTHOrTERYGII. 





THE COOK WRASSE, 



OR THE BLUE-STRIPED WRASSE. 



Labrns mixtus,Artedi, LINN. Cu v. et VALENC. Hist. Nat. des Poiss. t. xiii. p. 43. 



,, variegatiis, GMELIN. 



>, La vieille ray^e, CUVIEU, Regne An. t. ii. p. 255. 



Striped Wrasse, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol.iii. p. 337, pi. 57. 



,, coquus, The Cook Wrasse, ,, ,, ,, p. 340. 



,, variegatiis. Striped Wrasse, DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 21. 



,, coquus, The Cook Wrasse, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 209, sp. 133. 



Sparusformosiis, SHAW, Nat. Misc. pi. 31. 



Lab-rus ]>avo, Risso, Hist. t. iii. p. 299, sp. 196. 



,, variegatus, Striped Wrasse, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 394. 



THIS species, first described as British by Pennant, is 

 one of the most beautiful of the Labridte, and appears to 

 be much more frequently met with on the southern than 

 upon the eastern shores of England : those from the southern 

 shores are also most conspicuous for the beauty of their 

 appearance. It is liable to some variation occasionally in its 

 colours and markings, as the various figures of this fish will 

 show, but the general form of body and fins is permanent. 

 I have obtained two specimens in the London fish-market. 



This species is not unfrequcnt in Cornwall, and has been 

 tuken at Cork, Dublin, Down, and Antrim. 



