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and a half in the total length, the length of the head four times. 

 Cheek with four series of small scales. The length of the snout is 

 one-third of that of the head in young specimens, but longer in adult 

 ones. A black spot at the base of the pectoral iin ; sometimes a 

 blackish spot superiorly at the base of the caudal ; vertical fins with 

 dots, which are blue during Hfe. 

 Mediterranean. Madeii'a. 



a. Adult. Madeira. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



— Type of C. picfus, Lowe. 

 b-c, d. Half-grown. Mediterranean. From the Haslar Collection. 

 e. Adult : skin. Mediterranean. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 

 /. Half-grown. Malta. From the Berlin Museum. 

 g. Half-grown. 

 h-k. Half-grown: stuffed. 



3. Crenilabrus melanocercns. 



Lutjanus melanocercus, Hisso, Ickfh. Nice, p. 283. 

 Crenilabrus melanocercus, Sisso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 316 ; Ctiv. Sf Val. 

 xiii. p. 213. 



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The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length. Brown- 

 ish; a curved bluish streak from the eye to beneath the lower jaw. 

 Caudal fin dark- coloured towards the hind margin, -nath some blackish 

 spots ; pectoral pale, with a black spot on the extremity of the upper 

 rays. 



Western parts of the Mediterranean, 



4. Crenilabrus caemleus. 

 Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 316. pi. 10. fig. 25; Cuv. 8j- Val. xiii. p. 214. 



The height of the body is two-sevenths of the total length. 

 Brownish, with an indistinct streak below the eye ; caudal fin yellow 

 at the base, and black on the posterior extremity, which has a yellow 

 edge. Pectoral without black spot at its extremity. 



Mediterranean. 



5. Crenilabrus melops. 



Berggylte, Strom, Sondm. p. 266. nos. 1 & 2. 

 Labrus melops, L. 



Labrus melops, L. Mus. Ad. Fred. ii. p. 78, and Syst. Nat. i. p. 477 ; 



Bl. Schn. p. 261 ; Lacep. iii. p. 435 ; Fries och Ekstr. Skand. Fisk. 



p. 182. pi. 44. 



turdus, Midi. Prodr. no. 383. 



Lutjanus melops, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 265. 



Creiiilabnis melops, Cuv. Riqne Aiu'tn. ; Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 318 ; 



Cuv. 8f Val. xiii. p. 167 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish. 2nd edit. i. p. 325, 3rd 



