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LAREID.E. 



the anterior part of the dorsal fin in liis enumeration of the 

 spots, and calls the species four-spotted : he also adds, that 

 those specimens which frequent the more rocky districts of 

 the Mediterranean are observed to be most inclined to red 

 in colour. Mr. Couch's coloured drawings of Cornish spe- 

 cimens, which are remarkably red, are in accordance Avith 

 Risso*'s remark. The lips and fleshy portions of the vmder 

 jaw, not covered with scales, are of a delicate flesh colour. 



