ANCIENT LABRUS. 4Q9 



the gill-covers a radiated depression : the dorsal fin 

 has twenty spiny, and ten soft rays : the pectoral 

 fourteen rays : the ventral six, of which the first is 

 short and spiny: the anal twelve, of which the 

 three iirst are spiny: the tail is marked between 

 each ray with a row of scales reaching about a 

 third part of the tail : the general colour of the fish 

 is yellow, spotted and marked with orange. This 

 species, according to Mr. Pennant, appears an- 

 nually in great shoals off Filey bridge near Scar- 

 borough. 



ANCIENT LABRUS. 



Labrus Tinea. L. rubens (scepe cceruleo, rubro^Jtavoque t carius) t 



pinna dorsali ramentacea, lab'iis reflexis. 

 Reddish Labrus" (often varied with blue, red, and yellow), with 



ramentaceous dorsal fin, and reflex lips. 

 Labrus Tinea. Lin. Turdus vulgatissimus. Witt. p. Sip. 



Ancient Wrasse. Penn. Brit. Zool. 



SIZE and habit of a Carp or rather of a Tench : 

 scales large : nose prominent : lips large, doubled, 

 fleshy, reflex, and retractile : eyes red : teeth dis- 

 posed in two rows, the first being conic, the second 

 very minute, arid as if designed for supporters to 

 the rest : in the throat three tuberculated bones, 

 two above, and one below : these serve to com- 

 tninute the testaceous food on which the animal 

 chiefly lives : general colour red, more or less tinged 

 either with orange or brown, but sometimes elegant- 

 ly varied with blue, red, and yellow : pectoral fins 

 large and rounded : native of the European seas, 

 and usually found in deep waters about rocky coasts. 



