250 GIBBOUS WRASSE. Class IV. 



At the bafe of the pectoral fins was a dark olive 

 fpot. 



The ends of the anal fin, and ventral fins, a fine 

 blue. 



The upper half of the tail blue ; the lower part 

 of its rays yellow. 



1 20. Gib- atta HIS fpecies was taken off Anglejea : its length 



•** was eight inches ; the greateft depth three : 

 it was of a very deep and elevated form, the back 

 being vaftly arched, and very fharp or ridged. 



From the beginning of the head to the nofe, was 

 a fteep declivity. 



The teeth like thofe of the others. 



The eyes of a middling fize \ above each a dufky 

 femilunar fpot. 



The neareft cover of the gills finely ferrated. 



The fixteen firft rays of the back ftrong and 

 fpiny ; the other nine foft and branched. 



The pectoral fins confided of thirteen, the ven- 

 tral of fix rays •, the firft ray of the ventral fin 

 was ftrong and fharp. 



The anal fin confided of fourteen rays, of which 

 the three firft were ftrongly aculeated. 



The tail was large, rounded at the end, and the 



rays 



