IG. CLEPTICUS. 11J 



rays, and the caudal lobes become twice as long as the middle rays 

 Brownish-yellow : pectoral with a large dark spot on its extremity' 

 During hfe, blue, with a yellow patch behind the pectoral fins. (Gill\ 



Coasts of Lower California. 



Attains to a length of two feet. 



18. Cossyphus gouldii. 



Labrus gouldii, Richards. Ann. ^- 3faff. Nat. Hist. 1843, xi. p. 353 

 Lo^}T)hus vel Lachuolaimus gouldii, Richards. Voij. Ereb. Sf Ten: 



Cossyphus gouldii, Richards. Ann. Sr Mag. Nat. Hist. 1851, vii n 288 

 aud Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 72. pi. 3. fig. 3. > f , 



D. 11. A. :i. L. lat. 39. L. transv. 6/14. 



Posterior canine teeth none. 



Four anterior canine teeth in each of the jaws. The upper profile 

 of the head bent downwards in a regular curve ; prceorbital elevated • 

 scales on the cheek not imbricate ; praioperculum not serrated- dor- 

 sal fin scaly ; caudal truncated. Unifonn dark pui-])lish. 



Western Australia. 



a. Thirty-nine inches long: stuffed. Western Australia Pre- 

 sented by Mr. Gould.— Type of the species. 



19. Cossyphus scrofa. 



Labrus scrofa, Cuv. Sj- Val. xiii. p. 93. 



Creuilabrus caninus, Lmoc in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 84, and in Tram 

 Zool. Soc. 11. p. 186, & iii. p. 10. 



^■T^- ^•iirr4- L. lat. 50. L. transv. 6/19. Yert. 28. 



Prajoperculum serrated or entii-e. Snout pointed, its length being 

 contained twice and two-thirds in that of the head. Red • the lower 

 parts and the fins yeUow, the dorsal and anal with brown spots ■ a 

 large black blotch between the five anterior dorsal spines 



Madeira ; Canary Islands ; Cape Verde. 



I have seen but one specimen, in the CoUection of the PhUoso- 

 phical Society of Cambridge, and for a very short time only Al- 

 though the species differs from the otliers in the size of the scales, it 

 did not appear to me to differ generically from Cossyplms. 



16. CLEPTICUS. 

 Clepticus, Cuv. Sf Val. xiii. p. 2G5. 

 Body compressed, oblong, covered with scales of moderate size • 

 snout obtuse ; cleft of the mouth narrow, with a series of very small 

 teeth anteriorly ; no posterior canine tooth. Imbricate scales on the 

 cheeks and opcrclos ; dorsal and anal fins enveloped in scales ; lateral 

 lino not interrupted. Formula of the fins : D. -. A. 4-. 

 Caribbean Sea. '" '^ 



