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PISCES. 



Acantholabrus (Cuv.). Fore gill-cover toothed ; 



six spines in the anal. 



A. Couchii. 

 Yarrellii. 

 exoletus. Fig. 281 ; ^n.s. 



JuUs (Eisso). Cheeks and gill-covers without 

 scales ; otherwise as Labrus. 



J. Mediterranea. Fig. 282 •j'^ n.s. 



282 



283 



Family III. Lophiad^. 



Body usually grotesque, without scales, irregu- 

 larly clouded or spotted; head and gape very 

 large, furnished with spines and filaments ; wrist- 

 bones of pectorals external to the body, causin 

 these fins to resemble the fore-legs of a quadruped. 



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