SMALL-MOUTHED WRASSE. 



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have lost some of the lighter tints which the coloured figure 

 of Mr. Thompson's fish, and that also of MM. Fries and 

 Ekstrom exhibit. The formula of the fin-rays is 



D. 19 + 6 : P. 13 : V. 1 + 5 : A. 6 + 7 : C. 12, and 2 shorter rays. 



The Scales forming the lateral line are thirty-two, with 

 four rows above to the dorsal edge, and eleven below to 

 the anal aperture. 



