74 LABRID.E. 



e, f. Four to five inches long. Sicily. Presented by W. Swainson, 

 Esq. — These specimens agree with the former, but D. j|. 



7. Labrus prasostictus. 



Labrus prasostictes, Pall. Zoof/r. iii. p. 272; Nordm. m Demid. Voy. 



Rtiss. Merid. iii. p. 445, Poiss. pi. 16. fig. 2. 

 rufus, Rathke, Fauna der Knjm, p. 337. 



The height of the body is somewhat more than the length of the 

 head and two-sevenths of the total. Snout one-third of the length 

 of the head. The length of the longest ray of the soft dorsal fin is 

 less than that of its base (according to the figure quoted). Green, 

 during Ufe, witli series of blue dots or oceUi on head, body and fins ; 

 pectorals immaculate ; dorsal with a red, anal and caudal Avith a 

 blue margin ; lower parts reticulated with brownish. Brownish, in 

 spirits, reticulated with darker. 



Black Sea. 



8. Labrus crassus. 



Agass. in Spix, Pise. Bi-asil. p. 95. tab. 52. 



The height of the body is contained thrice and two-thirds in the 

 total length, the length of the head four times ; snout of moderate 

 extent. The length of the longest dorsal ray is rather less than 

 one-half that of the base of the soft portion. (Agass.) 



? Coast of Brazil. 



The typical specimen is in the Museum of Munich. 



9. Labrus mixtus. 



Striped Wrasse. Red Wrasse. 



Labrus mixtus, Fries och Ekstr. Skand. Fisk. p. 160. pis. 37 & 38 

 (Labrus dispar) ; Nilss. Skand. Faun. iv. p. 265. 



Male. 



Tiu'dus perbelle pictus, Wilhighby, p. 322 (not fig.). 



major varius, Willughhy, p. 322. 



Labrus, no. 3, Artedi, Genera, p. 34. 



, uo. 4, AHedi, Genera, p. 34. 



mixtus, L. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 479 ; Lacep. iii. p. 436 ; Risso, Ichth. 



Nice, p. 222 ; Cuv. Sf Val. xiii. p. 43 ; Yatrell, Brit. Fish. i. p. 281, 



2nd edit. i. p. 317, 3rd edit. i. p. 491 ; Guichen. Explor. Alger. Poiss. 



p. 83. 

 ? Labrus ossiphagus, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 478 ; Rl. Schn. p. 268 ; Lacq}. 



iii. p. 440. 



coeruleus, Ascan. Ic. pi. 12. 



Blaastaal, Strom, Sondm. i. p. 269. 



Striped Wrasse, Pe7m. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 218. pi. 45, and edit. 1812, iii. 



p. .337. pi. 57. 

 The Cook, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii, p. 253, and edit. 1812, iii. p. 340 ; Bl. 



Sclui. p. 268. 



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