2. CRENILABEUS. 79 



tW Zch llrtT ''''™'*''' "'' constantly joined with a second, and 

 ocilitv n J nfi'^^'-r 'f ''"^'^^ '^"S^t t^S'^ther at the same 

 locality and otherwise qiute identical. One of the most singular 

 varieties is the specimen b, from Cannes, with U longitudinal seres 

 of scales above the lateral line. Specimen ., procured by my brother 

 later, w' ^ ''"^- V^\'^^' Pl^^e, has the scales a^bove the 

 in^douM f r.fTr '"^ *^' °ther specimens; and there can be scarcely 

 any doubt that both are specifically identical. The colours are given 



a. Cohurs of specimen n {male), seven inches ?ori^.— Pectoral yel- 

 low ; a blackish blotch above the pectoral. Green each scale with 



the ttTti T' -J^f *-^-'l bands: one on t^ baling 

 the base of the dorsal hn, the second immediately above the lateril 

 hue and along the back of the tail, the third alo^ng and below the 

 caudal portion of the lateral line; snout violet; numerous br thlred 



rel' :^'u '" •• . "^'^ «P.-«-,^l--^l dark:violet, with a serL of 

 red spots a blue intramargmal line and a red margin ; the soft 

 dorsal and the ana green below and reddish above, with many blue 

 oceUi. The caudal and ventral red at the base and yellow Sfthei? 

 outer half, with numerous blue oceUi. ^ ^ow m tneir 



hl.tkS w"T f f ''"^T ^'■^'■''^ C^«nn.s.-Pectoral transparent; a 

 bkckish blotch above tie pectoral, another smaUer one at the root 

 of the caudal below the end of the lateral Hue. Eeddish-olive 

 above and on the sides, silvery below ; a light shining silvery band 

 mns from the eye to the middle of the caudal, and is bordered by 

 two purphsh bands-the upper along the anterior portion of the 

 lateral line and the back of the tail; three series of large blaksh 

 blotches on the sides. The soft portions of the verticaf fins S 

 small ocelli m moderate number. 



2. Crenilabrus mediterraneus. 



Perca mediterranea, LMis. Ad. Fred. ii. p. 85, and Stjst. Nat. i. p 485 

 Labrus, Brunn. Pise. 3Iass. p. 56. no. 72. ^ 



Labnis _unimacidatus, Brilnn. Pise. Mass. p. 57. no. 73 • £1. Sc/ui 



Lutjanus bidens, Bl. taf. 251. fig. 1. 

 Labnis mediterraneus, Bl. Schn. p. 255. 



bidens, Bl. Schn. p. 248. 



Lutjanus bmnnichii, Laeep. iv. p. 222; Risso, lehth. Nice, p. 273 



massiliensis, Laeep. iv. p. 222 (not Risso). ^ 



mediterraneus, Laeep. iv. p. 226 ; Risso, lehth. Nice, p 272 



C-renilabrus boryauus, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 320; Cue. k' Val. xiii. 



nigrescens, Risso, I. c. p. 320. 



briinnichii, Cuv. Sf Val. xiii. p. 183. 



pictus, Loive, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 186. 



J) L_kOl), ^ _!__ L lat. 34. L. transv. 4/12. Vert. 13/17. 

 The height of the body is contained thrice and a third to tlirice 



