SYNOPSIS. 373 



elongated, dorsal extending a little beyond the anal, the 

 soft portion scarcely higher than the spinous ; branchios- 

 tegous membrane with five rays : colour of the body and 

 head yellow or orange-red, running into olivaceous-brown 

 on the back, the sides striped with blue ; anterior portion 

 of the dorsal fin blue edged above with orange, the hinder 

 part orange with blue spots ; all the other fin-rays orange, 

 tipped with blue. — Cuv. ^ Vol., xiii. p. 43 ; Yair. Brit. 

 Fish., i. p. 317. L. variegatus, Penn. Brit. Zool., iii. p. 337, 

 pi. 57 ; Don. Brit. Fish., pi. 21. 



Sp. 84. L. trimaculatiis. Three-spotted, or Red Wrasse. 

 Dorsal with the posterior rays rather longer than the 

 others : colour orange-red, sides lighter, belly pale orange- 

 yellow ; a patch of deep purple on the front of the dorsal, 

 two round spots of the same on the back at the base of 

 the hinder part of the dorsal and another on the fleshy 

 part of the tail ; alternating with these, four spots of a 

 delicate rose-colour. — dw. d; Val., xiii. p. 68. L. cameus, 

 C^iv. Reg. An. L, trimaculatus, Perm. Brit. Zool., iii. 

 p. 336, pi. bQ. 



Sp. 85. L. comber. Comber Wrasse. Body slender, jaws 

 elongated ; tail narrow ; ventrals short ; colour of the back, 

 fins, and tail, red; belly yellow; sides with a silvery 

 stripe, beneath and parallel with the lateral line. — Linn., 

 Penn. Brit. Zool, iii. p. 342, pi. 5Q ; Yarr. Brit. Fi.<7i., i. 

 p. 323. 



Gen. XLYII. Crenilabrus. Margin of the preoperculum 

 dentated; teeth conical, a single row in each jaw; lateral line 

 uninterrupted, in other respects the same as Lahrus. 



Sp. 86. C. melops. Gilt-head, or Connor, Mouth large, 

 teeth prominent ; dorsal and pectoral fins commencing on 

 the same plane, the flexible rays of the former much 

 longer than the spinous rays ; pectorals large and rounded; 

 caudal rounded. Fin-rays, D. 16 + 9 : P. 14 : V. 1 + 5 : 

 A. 3-f-lO : C. 13. Colour of the head blue, striped and 

 spotted with reddish orange, body red -u-ith gi-een shades, 

 fins greenish blue, dorsal and anal fins with a longitudinal 



