372 SYNOPSIS. 



three very long filaments, two near the upper lip, one at 



the nape ; Fin-rays, D. iii. 12 ; P. 20 : V. 5 : A. 8 : C. 8. 



Colour uniform brown, tail darker, under side white. — 



Linn., Cuv. ^ VaL, xii. p. 251 ; Penn. Brit. Zool., iii. 



p. 159, pi. 21; Don. Brit Fish., pi. 101; Yarr. Brit. 



Fish., i. 305. 



Fam, XL Lahridce. Fum. of Wrasses. Body ohloiig and covered 



with larqe scales; dorsal fin single and lengthened, the me^nbrane 



tetween the spiny rays pointed and eodending beyond their tips, 



giving them a bifid appearance; lipis fleshy, teeth strong and 



large. 



Gen. XL VI. Labrus. Body oblong-oval ; dorsal extending 

 nearly the whole length of the back ; lips double ; maxillary 

 teeth conical, pharyngians cylindrical and blunt ; preoperculum 

 •without dentations ; cheeks a.id operculum scaly. 



Sp. 81. i. bergyUa. Ballan Wrasse. Body thick and mas- 

 sive, back not much elevated, mouth very protractile, the 

 lips double ; spinous portion of the dorsal about three- 

 fourths of the whole, the posterior or soft portion more 

 than twice the height of the spinous ; anal commencing on 

 a line with the soft portion of the dorsal and terminating 

 nearly on the same line with it ; caudal slightly rounded. 

 Fin-rays, D. 20 + 11 : P. 15 : V. 1 + 5 : A. 3 + 9 : C. 13. 

 Colour of the back and sides bluish green, belly paler ; all 

 the scales margined with red, head and cheeks with reti- 

 culated orange-red lines, fins with scattered red spots. — 

 Cv.v. & Yal., xiii. p. 20 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. 31L L. ma- 

 cidatus, Bloch, pt. ix. pi. 294 ; Pe^m. Brit. Zool., iii. 

 p. 334, pi. 55. 

 Sj). 82. L. Donovani. Donovan's Labrus, or Green- streaked 

 Wrasse. Body elongated, colour meadow-green, darker on 

 the back and paler on the belly, striped with longitudinal 

 yello%vish lines-, fins greenish. Fin-rays, D. 20 + 10 • 

 P. 14 : V. 8 : A. 3 + 8 : C. 15.— Cuv. ^ VaL, xiii. 39 ; 

 Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. 315. L. lineatus, Don. Brit. Fish., 

 pi. 74. 

 Sp. 83. L. mdxtus. Cook, or Blue-striped Wrasse. Form 



