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Labrichthts gymnogenis. 



Lahrichthys gymnogenis, Gunth. Gat, vol. IV., jp, 117. 



Snout rather pointed ; head naked, covered with pores ; a single 

 series of scales extending from behind the eye to the cheek, where 

 the scales become small and disappear ; a posterior canine tooth, 

 and two canines in front in both jaws ; lateral line marked by 

 very complicated arbuscules. 



Entirely of a dark green, becoming rather yellow on the lower 

 parts of the head ; dorsal and anal crimson bordered with black 

 on their upper edges ; a series of very faint, round, light blue 

 spots on each membrane near the base ; caudal green, with its 

 base orange ; ventrals green with a black longitudinal stripe near 

 the spine ; pectorals yellow ; the tail of a light yellowish green. 



N.B. — The specimens are about eleven inches long ; when 

 fresh there were numerous round light pink spots on the body, 

 but they have disappeared on the specimens preserved in spirits. 



Labrichthts parila. 

 Lahrichthys parila, Gunth. Cat. Vol. IV, p. 117. 

 Tautoga parila, Richards^ Proc. Zool. Soc, 1850, p. 70. 



Of a fine light brown, with a longitudinal series of oblong 

 spots ; these are white on the anterior part of the fish, and pink 

 on the posterior ; dorsal whitish in front, orange on its posterior 

 part, with a very faint longitudinal stripe in the middle ; caudal 

 truncate, orange ; anal of a fine orange, with the extremity of 

 the rays white, bordered with a black line ; pectorals yellow ; 

 upper part of the head and cheeks grey. 



There is no posterior canine ; the head is covered with fine 

 granulations and pores ; the operculum has large scales, but the 

 praeoperculum and cheeks are naked, with the exception of a 

 line of scales extending behind the eye. 



The specimen is eight inches long. 



COSSYPHUS UNIMACDLATUS. 



Cossyphus unimaculatus, Gunth. Gat, Vol. IV, p. 109. 

 Head large, very pointed in front ; prseopercle finely serrated ; 

 dorsal with twelve spines and eleven rays ; anal with three spines 

 and twelve rays ; a tooth at the commissure of the jaws. 



