300 ACANTHOPT. FAMILY OF WRASSES. 



sented them to the Cambridge Philosophical Society's 

 Museum, where they came under the examination 

 of Mr. Jenyns, who has ably described them ; Mr. 

 Yarrell obtained one from Mr. Couch from Corn- 

 wall, and three specimens were taken at Youghal, 

 in the summer of 1835, which were sent by Mr. R. 

 Ball to Mr. Thompson, and that gentleman, " with 

 some hesitation," brought them forward as new, 

 under the classical name they now bear. They are 

 of small size, not exceeding four inches in length ; 

 the back is but little elevated, sloping very gradu- 

 ally towards the snout ; sides compressed ; snout 

 rather sharp ; jaws equal ; teeth of moderate size, 

 conical, regular, about sixteen or eighteen in each 

 jaw. The pre-opercle has the ascending margin very 

 oblique ; the lateral line is nearly straight till oppo- 

 site the end of the dorsal fin, when it bends rather 

 suddenly downwards, and again passes ofif straight 

 to the tail. The caudal fin is nearly even, with rows 

 of scales between the rays for nearly half their 

 length ; the pectorals are rounded. The colour of 

 the specimens in spirits was yellowish brown, with 

 irregular transverse bands ; the dorsal fin was irre- 

 gular, spotted with brown ; the anal fin light browm, 

 the others still paler. 



(Sp. 89.) C. rupestris. Jago's Goldsinny. (PI. 

 XXII.) This species seems first to have been de- 

 scribed and figured by Mr. Jago in Ray's Synopsis. 

 Bloch also gave a detailed description and figure, 

 and for a long time it seems quite to have escaped 

 the notice of Naturalists, until the year 1836, when 



