120 SQUAMMIPENNES. 



the colour of wliicli, and also of tlie back, is a very dark 

 blue ; copper-coloured brown over and before tlie eye ; some- 

 what silvery on the sides and belly ; the anal and dorsal fins, 

 and a stripe along the base of the latter, sparkle like silver ; 

 tinted Avith green before the dorsal fin ; coppery and lake 

 along the upper part of the sides ; some dusky irregular 

 stripes along the other parts of the sides. 



" The scales on the fins of this fish are arranged on the 

 membranes in lines, so as to admit a slight degree of motion ; 

 the points of the rays were also free. 



" My fish was caught with a line near Polperro, October 

 26th, 1828, and was immediately brought to me : no elon- 

 gated teeth were to be seen in this specimen." 



The number of fin-rays are as follows : — 



D. 34 : P. 19 : V. 1 + 5 : A. 2 + 28 : C 17. 



The flesh of this fish is said to be of exquisite flavour : 

 specimens have been taken that measured two feet six 

 inches in length ; but of twelve or fourteen examples that I 

 have seen, the largest did not exceed sixteen inches. 



Rudolphi pointed out six species of worms which infested 

 either the flesh or the intestines of this fish. 



Cuvier and M. Valenciennes consider the Ch^todon of 

 Mr. Couch to be an example of Ray's Bream. 



