498 JAGO'S GOLD SINNY. 



wards came forth again, that a fresh impregnation might 

 take place." 



Jago's Gold Sinny (Berg [. c. rock]-Snultra, Sw. ; 

 Karudse, Nonv. and Dan.; L. rupetitris, Linn.; Cicn<>l<iln-i'x 

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

 kind of connecting link between the Lulu-its and ( 'tcnolnhrnn 

 of Cuvier, is the most common of this family, not only in 

 the Bohus Skargiird, but on the uestern coast of Sweden 

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

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

 one of the smallest of the Swedish AVrasses, 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. Mclojs,'in whose 

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

 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 sei/e its prey, it is believed never 

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

 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 that 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 lisli consists 

 exclusively of the smaller kinds of crustaceans, mollusc-. 

 and fishes. It is believed to spawn in .Inly; Kroyer 

 having in that month found the roc of the female fully 

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

 somewhat in contempt by the fishermen. 



The Small-mouthed \Vraxsi-. or i lock Cook (Sn'i-. if/mf 



[i.f. small-mouthed! Smillro, S\\ . ; L. <>.ri>li>lnx, Linn.; 

 / 'iiilltolitln'tix c.rnli'liix, Valene.'i. is the least common of 



