374 SYNOPSIS. 



dark stripe. Cm $ Val., xiil p. 167 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish., 

 i. 325. C. tinea, Risso, Flem. Brit. An., p. 208. Labrus 

 tinea, Jenyns' Brit. Vert., p. 397. 



Sp. 87. S. Norvegicus. Corkwing. Rather more elongated 

 than C. melops; colours similar, but paler, a conspicuous 

 dusky spot on each side of the tail. Fin-rays, D. 16-1-8 : 

 p. 14 : y. 15 : A. 3 + 10 : C. 14. Cuv. $ Vol., xiii. 

 p. 176 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. p. 328. Labrus Cornubius, 

 Don. Brit. Fish., pi. 72. L. Cornubicus, Couch, London, 

 Mag. Nat. Hist., v. p. 17, fig. 4; Jenyns* Brit. Vert., 

 p. 398. 



Sp. 88. C. multidentatus. Corkling. Ascending margin of 

 the preoperculum very oblique, with a few obsolete in- 

 dentations about the lower angle ; spinous portion of the 

 dorsal nearly three-fourths of the whole fin ; soft portion 

 very little higher than the spinous ; anal rather short, and 

 terminating a little before the line of the dorsal. Fin-rays, 

 D. 20 + 10 or 11 : P. 14 : V. 1 + 5 : A. 3 + 9 : C. 13. 

 Thomp. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1837, p. 56. Labrus pusillus, 

 Jenyns* Brit. Vert., p. 392. Turdus minor, Ray, Syn. Pise., 

 p. 165. 



Sp. 89. C. rupestris. Jago's Goldsinny. Body deep and 

 bulky ; preoperculum and operculum covered with scales, 

 the former crenated nearly all along its ascending edge ; 

 spinous rays shortest at the commencement of the dorsal, 

 the soft rays longer than the spinous ; tail thick, caudal 

 fin rounded posteriorly. Fin-rays, D 17 + 9 .: P. 14 : 

 V. 1 + 5 : A. 3 + 7 : C. 13. Colour orange above, the body 

 marked with five indistinct transverse bands ; a black spot 

 at the base of the tail on the upper side, and a black patch 

 on the anterior portion of the dorsal. Selby, Mag. Zool. 

 <J- Bot., i. p. 167, pi. vi. Jago's Goldsinny, Hay's Syn. 

 Pise., p. 163, t. i. f. 3. Labrus rupestris, Linn. 



GEN. XLVIII. ACANTHOLABRUS. Outer range of teeth 

 conical and large, and a second narrow row of small teeth be- 

 hind them ; anal fin with five or six spines. 



Sp. 90. A. Couchii. Couch's Wrasse, or Scale-rayed Wrasse. 



