LABRUS.] PISCES (OSSEI) ACANTHOPT. 399 



Id. (Edit. 1812.) vol. HI. p. 339. pi. 58. Corkwing, Couch in 

 Loud. Mag. of Nat. Hist. vol. v. p. 17. f. 4. Goldfinny, Yarr. 

 Brit. Fish. vol. i. p. 296. 



LENGTH. From four to four inches and a half. 



DESCRIPT. (Form.) Very similar to the last species, but much smaller, 

 and slightly more elongated: depth contained nearly three times and 

 a half in the entire length : thickness twice and a half in the depth : 

 head one-fourth of the whole length: jaws and teeth similar, hut the 

 latter not so numerous in the upper jaw, only eight or ten, with no 

 secondary row behind ; those below in about the same number : denticu- 

 lations of the preopercle longer and more conspicuous : all the other 

 characters, including lateral line, form and relative position of the fins, 

 number of fin-rays, &c. exactly the same in the two species. 



B. 5; D. 16/9; A. 3/10; C. 13, and 2 short; P. 14; V. 1/5. 



(Colours.) Somewhat similar to those of the last species, but in general 

 much paler : a conspicuous dusky spot on each side of the tail, near the 

 commencement of the caudal, and immediately below the lateral line : 

 dorsal fin variegated with fuscous bands. 



First observed by Mr. Jago on the coast of Cornwall, and communicated 

 by him to Ray. Obtained since from the same locality by Donovan and 

 Mr. Couch. Has been also found in Devonshire by Montagu. The 

 specimens which furnished the above description were procured at 

 Weymouth. Obs. This species is erroneously considered by Fleming 

 as a mere variety of the last. 



77- L. gibbus, Gmel. (Gibbous Wrasse.) Depth 

 considerably more than one-third of the length ; dorsal 

 line falling suddenly to the snout. 



L. gibbus, Gmel. Linn. torn. i. part iii. p. 1295. Turt. Brit. Faun. 

 p. 98. Crenilabrus gibbus, Flem. Brit. An. p. 209. Gibbous 

 Wrasse, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. HI. p. 250. pi. 46. Id. (Edit. 1812.) 

 vol. in. p. 338. pi. 56. Yarr. Brit. Fish. vol. i. p. 298. 



LENGTH. Eight inches. PENN. 



DESCRIPT. (Form.) " Very deep and elevated, the back vastly arched, 

 and very sharp or ridged : greatest depth three-eighths of the length : 

 from the beginning of the head to the nose a steep declivity : teeth like 

 those of the others : eyes of a middling size : the nearest cover of the 

 gills finely serrated : 



D. 16/9; A. 3/11; P. 13; V. 1/5: 



caudal large, rounded at the end ; the rays branched ; the ends of the 

 rays extending beyond the webs: lateral line incurvated towards the tail: 

 gill-covers and body covered with large scales. (Colours.) Gill-covers 

 most elegantly spotted, and striped with blue and orange, and the sides 

 spotted in the same manner ; but nearest the back the orange disposed 

 in stripes: dorsal and anal sea-green, spotted with black; ventrals and 

 tail a fine pea-green; pectorals yellow, marked at their base with trans- 

 verse stripes of red." PENN. 



This species appears to be known only from the description of Pen- 

 nant, who obtained a specimen taken off Anglesea. Its great depth 



