400 PISCES (OSSEI) ACANTHOPT. [LABRUS. 



clearly distinguishes it from the L. Cornubicus, of which Mr. Couch 

 seems inclined to think it a mere variety*. 



78. L. luscus, Linn. ? (Scale-rayed Wrasse.) Very 

 much elongated : between the rays of the dorsal, anal, and 

 caudal fins, processes of imbricated scales. 



L. luscus, Couch in Loud. Mag. of Nat. Hist. vol. v. p. 18, & p. 742. 

 fig. 121. Scale-rayed Wrasse, Yarr. Brit. Pish. vol. i. p. 300. 



DESCRIPT. "Length twenty-two inches; greatest depth, exclusive 

 of the fins, two inches and a quarter : body plump and rounded : head 

 elongated; lips membranous; teeth numerous, in several rows, those in 

 front larger and more prominent, rather incurved: eyes moderately large: 

 anterior gill-plate serrate ; six gill-rays : body and gill-covers with large 

 scales : lateral line nearer the back, descending with a sweep opposite 

 the termination of the dorsal fin, thence backward straight : dorsal with 

 twenty-one firm, and eight soft, rays ; the fin connected with the latter 

 expanded, reaching to the base of the tail : pectorals round, with four- 

 teen rays: ventrals with six rays, the outermost simple, stout, firm, 

 tipped ; between these fins a large scale : anal with six firm, and eight 

 soft, rays, the latter a soft portion expanded : caudal round, with fifteen 

 rays : between each ray of the dorsal, anal, and caudal fins, a process 

 formed of firm elongated imbricated scales. 



D. 21/8; A. 6/8; C. 15; P. 14; V. 1/5. 



Colour a uniform light brown, lighter on the belly ; upper eye-lid black ; 

 at the edge of the base of the caudal fin a dark brown spot : pectorals 

 yellow; all the other fins bordered with yellow." COUCH. 



A single individual of this species is recorded by Mr. Couch to have 

 been taken off Cornwall, in February 1830, at the conclusion of a very 

 cold season. It appears to be particularly characterized by having rows 

 of scales between the rays of the dorsal and anal fins, as well as the 

 caudal ; this last fin exhibiting the above character in many other species 

 of the present family. Its identity, however, with the L. Luscus of 

 Linnaeus appears very questionable. Cuvier thinks* that the LinnaBan 

 L. Luscus is only a variety of L. Turdus of Gmelin. 



GEN. 34. CENTRISCUS, Linn. 

 79. C. Scolopaoc, Linn. (Trumpet-Fish.) 



C. Scolopax, Linn. Syst. Nat. torn. i. p. 415. Block, Ichth. pi. 123. 

 f. 1. Don. Brit. Fish. vol. in. pi. 63. Turt. Brit. Faun. p. 117. 

 Shaw, Nat. Misc. vol. xiv. pi. 584. Flem. Brit. An. p. 220. 

 Cuv. Reg. An. torn. n. p. 268. Trumpet-Fish, Will. Hist. Pise. 

 p. 160. c. xi. tab. I. 25. f. 2. Couch in Linn. Trans, vol. xiv. 

 p. 89. Yarr. Brit. Fish. vol. i. p. 302. Snipe-nosed Trumpet- 

 Fish, Penn. Brit. Zool. (Edit. 1812.) vol. in. p. 190. 



* Mag. of Nat. Hist. vol. v. p. 18. t Hey. An. torn. n. p. 256. note (2). 



