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length throughout. D. 17,13 ; P. 15 ; Y. 1,5 ; A. 3,10 ; 

 C. 11. 



Is met with in all the seas on the western coast, from 

 Bohus Land at least up to Sondmor, in Norway, but not 

 in the Sound or Baltic. None of the wrasses are known on 

 the coasts of Finland. 



Gen. Crenilabrus, Cuv. 

 Preopercle denticulated on the hinder margin. 



63. CRENILABRUS MELOPS, Cuv. Skar Kone. The Cork- 



wing. D. 



General appearance that of the labrus, but the body 

 is deeper. A black spot at the root of the tail, and 

 another at the back of the eye; but these are not 

 always constant. The general length of the Swedish 

 examples 8 in. to 9 in. Spawns here in July; and 

 Kroyer fancies that an actual pairing takes place be- 

 tween the sexes, but that the female directly after 

 deposits the fructified eggs. Colour of the living fish 

 resembles a yellow-brown net over a pale blue bottom. 

 This puzzling species is by no means rare on the 

 western coasts, from the Sound up to Sondmor, in 

 Norway, 62 north lat. D. 16,9; P. 15 ; Y. 1,5; 

 A. 3,10; C. 14. 



Gen. Ctenolabrus, Yal. 

 Preopercle denticulated only on part of its margin. 



64. CTENOLABRUS RUPESTRIS, Yal. Berg Smeltra. Jago's 



Gold Sinny. D. 



Fins all of one colour; a black spot over the root of 

 the tail fin, and another at the commencement of the 

 dorsal ; form more elongated than in the others. 

 Is one of the smallest of the northern wrasses, barely 

 exceeding 5 in. ; but it is also the commonest on all the 

 western coast, from the Sound to far up in Norway. 



According to Nilsson, this species not only frequents 

 brackish water, but is even occasionally taken far up in rivers 

 on the coast. 



