GHEEN-STREAKEl) WRASSE. 



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LABRIDjE. 



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THE GREEN-STREAKED WRASSE. 



Labrus lineatus. Streaked Wrasse, Don. Brit. Fish. pi. 74. 



Flem. Brit. An. p. 209, sp. 132. 

 ,, psittacus, Risso, Hist, t. iii. p. 304, sp. 203. 



This species is here given on the authority of Mr. Do- 

 novan ; and as there is reason to believe it is identical with 

 the Labrus psittacus of Risso, I have added a reference to 

 that author. I have never seen either an English or Me- 

 diterranean specimen. 



" This fish," Mr. Donovan says, " is an occasional visitor, 

 as he was informed, to the coast of Cornwall, where it is 

 provincially known by the name of Green-fish : it usually 

 appears in the summer, and is esteemed the rarest species 

 of its tribe by the fishermen in those parts. The specimen 

 now in our possession, and from which the figure in the 

 plate is delineated, was taken on this coast a few years ago 

 by Captain Bray. This specimen is seven inches long ; 

 and having been carefully divested of the flesh while per- 

 fectly fresh, and the skin well prepared, the natural colours 

 of the fish are admirably well retained. Besides this genuine 

 British specimen, we possess another in excellent preserva- 



