116 LABRID^. 



b. Dorsal scales extending on the base of the fin. 

 8. Labrichthys luculenta. 



Labrus luciilentus, I ^., ,,^ r^ i o rr m-? ion 



Tautoga luculenta^ [ ^«^^»«'-^«- ^'"y- ^'-^b- Sf Ten: Fishes, p. 130. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 25. L. transv. 3/7. 



A posterior canine tooth. The interopercles overlapping each 

 other. Four anterior canine teeth in the lower jaw and two in the 

 upper; cheek with about six series of small scales. Greenish or 

 reddish, each scale below the lateral line with a vertical silvery line ; 

 a black spot on the two first dorsal spines ; sometimes two irregular 

 brown hnes along the snout and two blackish spots on the base of 

 the soft dorsal fin. 



Eastern and Wcstei'n coasts of Austi'alia. Norfolk Island. 



a, b. Types of the species. Norfolk Island. Presented by Sir J. 

 Richardson. * 



c-e. Types of the species. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 f-g. Skins. Port Jackson. Purchased of Mr. Gould. 

 h. Adult : discoloiu'ed. 



9. Labrichthys cyanotsenia. 



Labrichthys cjanotsenia, Bleeh. Floris, p. 331, and Atl. IcJitJi. p. 

 tab. 22. fig. i. 



D-n- ^-ro- L- lat. 25. 



A posterior canine tooth. Four anterior canine teeth in the upper, 

 and two in the lower jaw ; head longer than high ; lips broad, fleshy; 

 praeoperculum entii'ely scaly, not serrated. I3rownish-violet, with 

 about fifteen blue longitudinal stripes ; vertical fins brownish, edged! 

 with yellow, and with series of blue streaks or spots ; base of thej 

 pectoral black. (Bl.) 



Floris. 



B. Cheek with only one or two series of small scales. 

 10. Labrichthys tetrica. 



Labrus tetricus, Richards. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 25, and Trans. 



Zool. Soc. iii. p. 13G. 

 Tautoga tetriga, Richards. Voy. Ereh. ^ Terr. Fishes, p. 126. pi. 55, fig.l. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 3/9. 



A posterior canine tooth. Two anterior canine teeth in each of the 

 jaws ; cheek with only two series of narrow scales, a large portion 

 of it being naked. Uniform purplish-red : vertical fins dark on the 

 base, lighter towards the margins, and with a fine blackish edge ; 

 pectoral with a black spot superiorly at the base. 



Coasts of Tasmania and South Australia. 



a. Skin. South Australia. Purchased of Mr. Gould. 



h-d. Half-grown : skins. Swan River. 



t. Type of the species. From the Haslar Collection. 



