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1. Acantholabrus exoletus, Yal. 



Uniform brilliant blue, or with blue lines upon the body. Nineteen spinous rays to the 

 dorsal fin. Five spines to the anal fin. 



D. 19-8. P. 13. V. 1-5. A. 5-8. C. 13. Length, (?). 



Greenland, Faericius. 



Called " Keblernak," in Greenland. 



Labrus exoletus, Lin., Syst. Nat. 



" " Fabric-its, Fauna Groenlandica, p. 166. 



L'Acantholabre du Nord, Acantholabrus exoletus, Cvv. el Vai.., xiii. p. 247. 



GENUS IV. CLEPTICUS, Cuv. 



Mouth small, protractile, received under the arch of the suborbital's ; a small 

 number of scarcely visible teeth in a single row ; the pharyngeal teeth forming, 

 by their union, small plates, serrated at their edge ; the vertical fins covered 

 throughout their greater portion with scales similar to those upon the rest of the 

 uody. Preopercle denticulated. Lateral line continuous. 



1. Clepticus genizara, Parra. 



Head obscure carmine ; back brighter, passing to rose ; sides orange ; pectorals black. 

 Scales upon the operculum large; upon preoperculum small. Portion of head between the 

 nostrils and snout destitute of scales. Posterior portion of the dorsal and anal fins pointed. 

 Caudal lunated. 



D. 14-8. P. 18. V. 1-5. A. 5-10. C. 19. Length, 10 inches. 



Gulf of Mexico, Parra. Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Rabirrubia genizara, Parra, p. 44. pi. 21, fig. 1 

 Clepticus genizara, Griffith's Cov.,1, p. 259. 

 Le Cleplique Creole. Clepticus genizara, Cuv. ft Val., xirr, p. 267, pi. 37". 



GENUS V. LACHNOLAIMUS, Cuv. 



The general character of a true Labrus, but the pharyngeals have no teeth 

 en paves, except at their posterior part ; the remainder of their extent, as well 

 as a part of the palate, covered with a villous memhrane. Their first spinous 

 rays are continued into long flexible filaments. Lateral line parallel to the 

 back, continuous. The anterior teeth strong, projecting forwards ; behind 

 them a series of small, equal teeth. 



