Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of Worth America. 137 



4. Lachnolaimus caninus, Cuv. 



Uniform red, without spots upon the sides, or brown upon the dorsal, or purple upon 

 the neck. The three elongated dorsal spines reaching to the spot at the base of the fin. 

 The fourth ray a short spine. In the middle of the upper jaw four very strong, conical, 

 pointed teeth ; in the lower, four stouter, the two exterior projecting beyond the others. A 

 single row of teeth along the jaws. 



D. (?). P. (.')• V. (?). A. (?) C (?) Length, 10 to 22 inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Perro, Parra, p. 1, pi. 3, fig. 2. 



Le Lachnoleme petit chien, Lachnolaimus caninus, Cuv. el Val. , xiii. p. 233. 



5. Lachnolaimus psittacus, Cuv. 



Rose-red ; besides the black spot at the angle of the dorsal, another smaller one at the 

 corresponding angle of the anal fin, which disappears after death. 

 D. (?). P. (.'). V. (?)• A. (=)• C. (?). Length, (?). 

 Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 

 Called " Cotorra," at Porto Rico. 



Le Lachnoleme perroquet, Lachnulaimus psittacus, Cuv. el Val., xiii. p. 291. 



GENUS VI. TAUTOGA, Mitch. 



Jaws with a double row of teeth. Opercle and preopercle without spines 

 or denticulations, and with few or no scales. 



1. Tautoga Americana, Bloch. 



Bluish black above, diversified with bands and blotches, mottled with darker spots towards 

 the abdomen, which is whitish. Fleshy rays of dorsal fin considerably higher than the spi- 

 nous portion. Small, floating, fleshy tentacular attached to extremities of spinous rays of 

 dorsal. 



D. 17-11. P. 15. V. 1-5. A. 3-8. C. 15. Length, 6 to 18 inches. 



Maine, Massachusetts, Storer. Connecticut, Ayres. New York, Mitchili., Cuv., 



Dekay. South Carolina (introduced), Dekay. 



Labrus Americanus, Bloch, Schn., p. 261 7 



Tauloga niger, Mitciiill, Report in part, p. 23. 



Labrus tauloga, Black-fish or Tautog, Mitciiill, Trans. Lit. and Phil Soc. "1 N. V . i. p. 399. 



Labrus Americanus, Black-fish or Tautog, Stoker's Report, p. 7G. 



Ayres, Boat. Journ. Nat. Hisl., |v. 2G3. 

 Le Tautogue noir (Tautoga nigra, Mitch.), Cuv. ct Val., xiii. p. 293. 

 Tautoga Americana, New York Tautog, Dbkay's Report, p. 175, pi. 14, fig. 39. 



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