Class IV. STRIPED WRASSE. 249 



The body covered with large red fcales \ the co- 

 vers of the gills with fmall ones. 



On each fide of the lower part of the back fin 

 were two large fpots, and between the fin and the 

 tail another. 



THIS was taken off the Skerry IJles, on the 119. Strip- 

 coaft of Angle fea\ its length was ten inches. 

 The form was oblong, but the beginning of Descrip. 

 the back a little arched: the lips large, double, 

 and much turned up : the teeth like thofe of the 

 preceding : branchioftegous rays, five. 



The number of rays in the back, pectoral, and 

 ventral fins, the fame as in thofe of the former. 



In the anal fin were fifteen rays \ the three firft 

 ftrong and fpiny. 



The tail almoft even at the end, being very little 

 rounded : the covers of the gills cinereous, ftriped 

 with fine yellow. 



The fides marked with four parallel lines of Color, 

 greenifh olive, and the fame of mod elegant blue. 



The back and belly red -, but the laft of a much 

 paler hue, and under the throat almoft yellow. 



Along the beginning of the back fin was a 

 broad bed of rich blue; the middle part white j 

 the reft red. 



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