Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 387 
1. Acantholabrus exoletus, Vat. 
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, (2). 
Greenland, Fasricius. 
Called ‘‘ Keblernak,’’ in Greenland. 
Labrus exoletus, Lrn., Syst. Nat. 
f sf Fagricius, Fauna Groenlandica, p, 166. 
L’Acantholabre du Nord, Acantholabrus exoletus, Cuv. et Vat, xu. p. 247. 
GENUS IV. CLEPTICUS, Cuvv. 
Mouth small, protractile, received under the arch of the suborbitars ; 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 
pody. 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, pl. 21, fig. 1. 
Clepticus genizara, Grirritn’s Cuv., xX. p. 259. 
Le Cleptique créole, Clepticus genizara, Cuv. et VAL., xu. p. 267, pl. 377. 
GENUS V. LACHNOLAIMUS, Cvv. 
The general character of a true Labrus, but the pharyngeals have no teeth 
en pavés, except at their posterior part; the remainder of their extent, as well 
as a part of the palate, covered with a villous membrane. 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. 
