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green or yellowish ; <larkest on {]\v buek ; tlie si(l("s <>eiienillv 

 marked with ]onoitn(lin;il lines of a darker eolonr, mostly 

 green, but sometimes not very eijnspieuous. 'The darlc spot 

 at tlie base of tlic eaudal fin, on tlie lateral line, appears to be 

 11 constant specific character. One fish, about three inches 

 long, has the dorsal and anal tins mottled with purplish 

 brown /'' 



The fin -rays are — 



I). l(i + 8 : V. H : V. 1 + T) : A. 3+ 10 : C. 14. 



Mr. Cpncli says " this s})eeies rarely takes a bait, and 

 as its haimts are among rocks, where nets are rarely cast, 

 it has only been caught witliin my knowledge in the wicker- 

 vessels set to take lobsters and crabs, on which account also 

 T have only seen it in summer. It is less abundant than 

 most of the other species." 



My own specimens of this fish are of various sizes, mea- 

 suring from one inch and a half to four inches ; and, as far 

 as my own observations have gone, the dark s])ot on the side 

 of the fleshy portion of the tail, at the end of the lateral line, 

 close to the base of the caudal rays, is a constant character. 

 I have quoted Risso in the present instance, as also in that 

 of the fish last described, Crenilahrus tinea, because in both 

 cases the descriptions agree with our specimens as closely as 

 fishes from such distant localities can be expected to coincide, 

 and in both instances also Risso refers to Pennant. 



I have seen a specimen of the Goldfinny from the coast of 

 Ireland with twenty-three rays in the dorsal fin, of which 

 the first thirteen only were spinous, the others soft. 



