6. CTENOLABRUS. 89 



imbricate scales on the cheeks and opercles. Teeth in the jaws in 

 a band, with an outer series of stronger conical teeth ; no posterior 

 canine tooth. Dorsal spines numerous, 16-18; anal spines three. 

 Lateral line not interrupted. 



Mediterranean, and temperate parts of the North Atlantic. 



Syiiojysis of the Species. 

 * Interoperculum scaly. Em'opean : Ctenolabrus, p. 89. 

 ** luteroperciilmu naked. American : Tautogolahncs, p. 90. 



* Interoperculum scaly : Ctetiolabrus. 



1. Ctenolabrus rupestris. 



Jago's Goldsinny, ii«y, Si/n. Pise. p. 163. tab. 1. fig. 3 ; Yarr. Brit. 



Fish. i. p. 301, 2nd edit. i. p. 333. 

 Scisena rupestris, L. Mus. Ad. Fred. p. G5. tab. 31. fig. 7. 

 Kanulse, Strom, Sondm. i. p. 291. 

 Po)doppidan, Nat. Hist. Norway, ii. p. 226. 

 Bergnultra, Linn. Westg. Resa, p. 179. 



Labrus suillus, L. Faun. Suee. p. 117, and Si/st. Nat. i. p. 476. 

 rupestris, L. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 478 ; Walb. Artedi, iii. p. 252 ; 3IiiU. 



Prodr. Zool. Dan. p. 45 ; Bl. Sehn. p. 248 ; Nilss. Prodr. p. 76 ; 



Frk'S Sf Ekstr. Skand. Fisk. p. 45. tab. 9. fig. 1. 

 Perca rupestris, 3Iidl. Zool. Dan. iii. p. 44. tab. 107 ; Retz. Faun. Suec. 



p. 337. 

 Lutjauus rupestris, Bl. taf. 250. fig. 1. 

 Spams carudse, Lacep. iv. p. 148. 

 Crenilabrus rupestris, Selbij, Mag.- Zool. 8f Bot. i. p. 167 ; TJiomjis. ibid. 



ii. p. 445, and Zool. Prod. p. 57 ; Parn. Wern. Mem. vii. p. 264, and 



Fish. Firth of FoHh, p. 104. 

 Ctenolabrus rupestris, Ciiv. 6( Vol. xiii. p. 223 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish. 3rd 



edit. i. p. 509 ; Guichen. Explor. Alger. Poiss. p. 88. 



B. 5. D. if=i^'^ A. ^. L. lat. 38-40. L. transv. 3/12. 



Vert. 15/18. 

 The height of the body is two-sevenths of the total length ; five 

 series of scales on the prajoperculimi. A large black spot anteriorly 

 on the dorsal fin, another superiorly on the base of the caudal. 

 Coasts of Europe. 



n. Fine specimen. Lyme Regis. Presented by the Earl of Ennis- 



kiUen. 

 h. Adult: stuffed. Plymouth. Presented by Lieut. H. F. Spence, 



R.N. 



c. Adult. Mediterranean. Presented by Dr. Riippell. 



d. Adult : skin. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 

 «. Adult: stuffed. 



2. Ctenolabrus marginatus. 

 Cm. Sf J'al. xiii. p. 232. 



The height of the body is contained four times and two-thucLs in 



