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WRASSE, 



Class IV, 



XXVI. 



WRASSE, 



Covers of the gills fcaly. 



Branchioftegous rays unequal in number *. 



Teeth conic, long and blunt at their ends. One 



tuberculated bone in the bottom of the throat : 



two above oppofite to the other. 

 One dorfal fin reaching the whole length of the 

 back : a (lender fkin extending beyond the end of 



each ray. 

 Rounded tail. 



115. An- Vieille, Poule de mer, Gal- 

 tient. lot, une RoiTe. Belon y 



248. 

 Turdorum undecimum genus. 

 Rondel. 179. Gefner pifc. 

 1019. 

 Turdus vulgatiflimus. Wil. 

 Icth. 319. 



Wraffe, or Old Wife. Rail 



fyn. pifc. 136. 

 Labrus roftro furfum reflexo 



cauda in extremo circular!. 



Arted. fynon. 56. 

 Labrus Tinea. Lin. Jyft. 



477.- 



THIS fpecies is found in deep water adja- 

 cent to the rocks. It will take a t bait, 

 though its ufual food is fhell-fifh, and fmall cru- 

 ftacea. 



* Linnaus fays fix : this fpecies had only four ; the fecond, 

 fix ; the third and fourth, fiye. We alfo find the fame vari- 

 ation in the rays of the fins, the numbers being different 

 in fifii of the fame fpecies, not only of this but of other ge- 

 fiera. 



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