528 FISHES. 



A(JANTHOLABRUS. — A Wrasse with five or six anal spines, 

 and with the teeth in a liancl. 



From the Mediterranean and British coasts {A. j^alloni). 



Centrolabrus. — Wrasses with four or five anal spines, and 

 with the teeth in a single series. 



Two species are known from Madeira and the Canary 

 Islands, and one from northern Europe and Greenland. The 

 latter is scarce on the British coasts, but bears a distinct 

 name on the south coast, where it is called " Eock-cook." 



Lachnolaemus from the West Indies, and Malacopterus 

 from Juan Fernandez, are Labroids, closely allied to the pre- 

 ceding North Atlantic genera. 



CosSYPHUS. — Body compressed, oblong, with scales of moder- 

 ate size ; snout more or less pointed ; imbricate scales on the 

 cheeks and opercles ; l)asal portion of the vertical fins scaly. 

 Lateral line not interrupted. Teeth in the jaws in a single 

 series ; four canine teeth in each jaw anteriorly ; a posterior 

 canine tooth. Formula of the fins : D. ^=yi, A. f It. 



Twenty species are knowai from the tropical zone and 

 coasts adjoining it ; some, like C. gonldii from Tasmania, 

 attain a length of three or four feet. 



Chilinus. — Body compressed, oblong, covered Avith large 

 scales ; lateral line interrupted ; cheeks with two series of scales ; 

 prseoperculum entire ; teeth in a single seiies, two canines in 

 each jaw ; no posterior canine tooth ; lower jaw not produced 

 backwards. Dorsal spines subequal in length ; formula of the 

 fins: D. 1^:, A. |. 



Common in the tropical Indo-Pacific, whence more than 

 twenty species are known. Hybrids between the different 

 species of this genus are not uncommon. 



Epibulvs. — Closely allied to the preceding genus, but with 

 a very protractile mouth, the ascending branches of tlie inter- 

 maxillaries, the mandibles, and the tympanic being much pro- 

 longed. 



