GEN. CRENILABRUS. JAGo's GOLDSINNY. 301 



an extraordinary high tide having occurred, simul- 

 taneously with a long-continued southerly gale, left 

 numerous fish upon the shore, far above the line of 

 high-water mark. This happened especially on the 

 coasts of Northumberland and Berwickshire; and 

 among the Labrid^e which were stranded, of this 

 species, two were obtained by Dr. Johnston, who 

 sent them to Mr. Selby ; and another falling directly 

 into the hands of that able Naturalist, his attention 

 was excited, and he speedily associated them after 

 the manner above alluded to, and ably described 

 them anew, supplying an additional and excellent 

 representation. (Mag. of Zool. & Botany, i.) In 

 September 1835, Mr. Thompson obtained two speci- 

 mens at Bangor, County Down, where they were 

 caught, with others of the same family, by boys, 

 with the hook. Mr. YarrcU has since received some 

 examples from the coast of Yorkshire, from North 

 Wales, and Cornwall. It is occasionally found in 

 the Firth of Forth, and also on the shores of Nor- 

 way, Sweden, Denmark, and in the Baltic. 



In size the Goldsinny is usually small, ranging 

 between four and seven inches ; the jaws are equal ; 

 the teeth prominent, the anterior ones rather large, 

 with a second row of smaller ones behind, in each 

 jaw. The pre-opercle is scaled, the ascending line 

 straight and finely denticulated. The lateral line 

 follows the contour of the back till it approaches 

 the posterior part of the dorsal, when it suddenly 

 bends down, and then runs in a straight line to the 

 middle of the tail. The general colour of ^Ir. Selby's 



