498 JAGO'S GOLD SINNY, 



wards came forth again, tliat a fresh impregnation might 

 take place." 



Jago's Gold Sinny {Benj [if. c. rock]-*S'H?<//m, Sw. ; 

 Karudse, Norvv. and Dan.; L. rupestris, Linn.; Ctenolabrits 

 rupestris, Valenc), which, according to Ekstrom, forms a 

 kind of connecting link between the iy«ir?(s and C;;eMo/rtir^^s 

 of Cuvier, is the most common of thi§ family, not only in 

 the Bohus Skiirgard, but on the western coast of Sweden 

 and Norway, from the Sound to near the North Cape. 

 According to Kroyer, it is also found in the Baltic. It is 

 one of the smallest of the Swedish Wrasses, its usual 

 length not being more than from four to five inches, 

 though it attains at times to seven. Its habits are said 

 to assimilate much with those of the L. Ilelops, in whose 

 company it is often found. This is the only one of these 

 fishes that goes close to the shore, being often seen near 

 boat and fishing stations, as also up the mouths of rivers, 

 which it is said to ascend at times for a considerable 

 distance. Unless it be to seize its prey, it is believed never 

 to keep to the bottom ; nor to appear near the surface 

 except for that purpose, but to remain some two or 

 three feet beneath, and this even during mid-winter; 

 as is proved by the fact of several of these fish having 

 been found on the 12th January, in the stomach of the 

 Glaucous Gull, a bird tliat never dives, and which could not, 

 therefore, have brought it up from a greater depth than 

 that reached by its bill. The food of this fish consists 

 esclusively of the smaller kinds of crustaceans, molluscs, 

 and fishes. It is believed to sjiawn in July ; Kroyer 

 having in that month found the roe of the female fully 

 matured. As with other of the Wrasses, its flesh is held 

 somewhat in contempt by the fishermen. 



The Small-mouthed Wrasse, or Rock Cook [Smd-Munt 

 [i. e. small-mouthed] Snultra, Sw. ; L. exolelus, Linn. ; 

 Acantholabrus exoletus, Valenc), is the least common of 



