LABRUS.] PISCES (OSSEI) ACANTHOPT. 397 



admit of its being identified with certainty. It is, however, in all probability 

 the same as the L. variegatus already described. To the same species may 

 be referred the Cuckow-Fish described by the editor of the last edition of 

 the "British Zoology" (vol. in. p. 341.) Mr. Couch speaks of the 

 Cook * as a species with which he is familiar, but he has not added any 

 description of the fish to which he alludes. 



( LACHNOLAIMVS, Cuv . ? ) 



(14.) L. Suillus, Linn. Syst. Nat. torn. i. p. 476. Lachnolaimus 

 suillus, Cuv. Reg. An. torn. n. p. 257. note(l)? Hog Wrasse, 

 Couch in Loud. Mag. of Nat. Hist. vol. v. p. 19. 



Inserted by Mr. Couch in his " Fishes of Cornwall" on the authority of 

 Osbeck, who mentions t " Rock -Fish (Labrus Suillus, Linn.)" amongst 

 other species of fish which were brought on board his vessel by the people 

 of the Scilly Islands. This bare statement, unaccompanied by any 

 description of the fish alluded to, seems hardly sufficient ground for 

 admitting the present species into the British Fauna. 



(2. JULIS, Cuv.) 



74. L. JuliS) Linn. (Rainbow Wrasse.) " Above 

 fuscous and green ; beneath white, with a fulvous dentated 

 stripe on each side : two fore-teeth longest." DON. 



L. Julis, Linn. Syst. Nat. torn. i. p. 476. Block, Ichth. pi. 287. 

 f. 1.? Don. Brit. Fish. vol. iv. pi. 96. Turt. Brit. Faun. p. 99. 

 Julis, Will. Hist. Pise. p. 324. pi. X. 4. f. L? Julis vulgaris, 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 210. La Girelle, Cuv. Reg. An. torn. n. p. 257. 

 Rainbow Wrasse, Penn. Brit. Zool. (Edit. 1812.) vol. in. p. 343. 

 Yarr. Brit. Fish. vol. i. p. 291. 



LENGTH. Rather exceeding seven inches. DON. 



DESCRIPT. "Of a slender, or elongated form, and remarkable for 

 the elegant distribution of its colours, which are changeable in various 

 directions of light : abroad dentated stripe, extending along each side, 

 from the head nearly to the tail, of a silvery and fulvous colour : 



D. 9/13 ; A. 2/13 ; C. 13 ; P. 12 ; V. 1/5." DON. 



Received by Donovan from the coast of Cornwall, in the year 1802. 

 The only recorded instance in which it has hitherto occurred in the 

 British seas. Inhabits the Mediterranean along with two other closely 

 allied species. 



(3. CRENILABRUS, Cuv.) 



75. L. Tinca^ Linn. (Ancient Wrasse.) Dorsal line 

 falling gradually to the snout : depth very nearly one-third 

 of the length : denticulations of the preopercle moderate. 



L. Tinea, Linn. Syst. Nat. torn. i. p. 477. Turt. Brit. Faun. p. 98. 

 Crenilabrus Tinea, Flem. Brit. An. p. 208. Turdus vulgatissimus, 

 Will. Hist. Pise. p. 319. Ray, Syn. Pise. p. 136. Ancient 

 Wrasse, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. in. p. 244. pi. 47. Id. (Edit. 

 1812.) vol. in. p. 332. pi. 58. Gilt-Head, Yarr. Brit. Fish. vol. i. 

 p. 293. 



* Linn. Trans, vol. xiv. p. 80. f Voyage to China, vol. n. p. 122. 



