372 SYNOPSIS. 



three very long filaments, two near the upper lip, one at 

 the nape ; Fin-rays, D. iii. 12 : P. 20 : V. 5 : A. 8 : C. 8. 

 Colour uniform brown, tail darker, under side white. 

 Linn., Cuv. $ Vol., xii. p. 251 ; Perm. Brit. ZooL, iii. 

 p. 159, pi. 21; Don. Brit. Fish., pi. 101 ; Yarr. Brit. 

 Fish, i. 305. 



FAM. XI. Labridce. Fam.of Wrasses. Body oblong and covered 

 with large scales; dorsal fin single and lengthened, ike membrane 

 between the spiny rays pointed and extending beyond their tips, 

 giving them a bifid appearance; lips fleshy, teeth strong and 

 large. 



GEN. XLVI. LABRUS. Body oblong-oval ; dorsal extending 

 nearly the whole length of the back ; lips double ; maxillary 

 teeth conical, pharyngians cylindrical and blunt ; preopereulum 

 without dentations ; cheeks and operculum scaly. 



Sp. 81. A bergylta. Ballan Wrasse. Body thick and mas- 

 sive, back not much elevated, mouth very protractile, the 

 lips double ; spinous portion of the dorsal about three- 

 fourths of the whole, the posterior or soft portion more 

 than twice the height of the spinous ; anal commencing on 

 a line with the soft portion of the dorsal and terminating 

 nearly on the same line with it ; caudal slightly rounded. 

 Fin-rays, D. 20 + 11 : P. 15 : V. 1-1-5 : A. 3 + 9 : C. 13. 

 Colour of the back and sides bluish green, belly paler ; all 

 the scales margined with red, head and cheeks with reti- 

 culated orange-red lines, fins with scattered red spots. 

 Cuv. & Vol., xiii. p. 20 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. 311. L. ma- 

 culatus, Bloch, pt. ix. pi. 294 ; Penn. Brit. Zool, iii. 

 p. 334, pi. 55. 



Sp. 82. L. Donovani. Donoran's Labrus, or Green-streaked 

 Wrasse. Body elongated, colour meadow-green, darker on 

 the back and paler on the belly, striped with longitudinal 

 yellowish lines; fins greenish. Fin-rays, D. 20+10 : 

 P. 14 : V. 8 : A. 3 + 8 : C. 15. Cuv. $ Vol., xiii. 39 ; 

 Yarr. Biit. Fish., i. 315. L. lineatus, Don. Brit. Fisk., 

 pi. 74. 

 Sp. 83. L. mixtus. Cook, or Blue-striped Wrasse. Form 



