446 FISHES. ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



J. hortulamts, Cuv. (Labre parterre, Lacep.) Body and tail mark- 

 ed by decussated stripes, with a spot in each division ; five spinous 

 rays in the dorsal fin. Indian seas. Lacep. iii. pi. 29, fig. 2. 

 ** With marked pores on the head. 



J. bifasciatus, Cuv. Head violet ; body gray, with two broad brown 

 bands on the fore part ; caudal fin brown at the edges and base, 

 bluish in the middle ; ventral and pectorals yellow, dorsal and 

 anal reddish, bordered with blue ; head with small openings ex- 

 uding a viscid matter. 10 inches long. Inhabits Indian seas. 

 Block, pi. 283. 



J. bivittatus, Cuv. Back and belly red ; sides yellowish, the yel- 

 low of the fins shaded by violet ; two brown longitudinal stripes 

 along the body ; tail rounded, violet, with yellow spots. Block, 

 pi. 284, fig. 1. 



J. microlepidolus, Cuv. Head and back yellowish brown ; sides and 

 belly silvery ; scales very small, and covering the operculi ; fins 

 brownish. Block, pi. 284, fig. 2. 



J. annulatus, Cuv. (Labre annele, Lacep.) With minute scales, 

 subtrilobate tail, and body surrounded by nineteen dusky bands. 

 Inhabits Indian seas. Shaw, iv. pi. 70. 



Gen. 27. CRENILABRUS, Cuv. 



Body oblong ; lips thick and fleshy ; front teeth conical, the pha- 

 ryngeal blunt ; margins of the pre-operculi dentated ; cheeks 

 and operculi furnished with scales. 



C. rupeslris, Cuv. (Lutianus, Bloch.) Head without scales before, 

 but with blue lines on each side, and truncated ; back yellowish 

 green, belly white j body with transverse brown bands, and lon- 

 gitudinal reddish lines ; top of the caudal, commencement of the 

 dorsal fin, and sides of the head marked with a black spot. 4 to 

 5 inches long. Inhabits Northern seas. Bloch, pi. 250. 



C. bidens, Cuv. Body rose-coloured, darker on the back ; abdo- 

 men silvery ; chin and fins greenish ; a black spot at the base 

 of the pectoral fin, and each row of scales with a line of pale 

 yellow ; two teeth in the upper jaw. 6 inches long. Inhabits 

 Northern seas. Bloch, pi. 251, fig. 1. 



C. Norvegicus, Cuv. Nape and back violet ; sides and belly yellow, 

 spotted with violet ; pectoral and ventral fins blue ; extremities 

 of the anal and caudal fins pale violet, the other parts yellowish ; 

 sixteen spines in the dorsal fin. Norwegian seas. Bloch, pi. 256. 



C. Tinea, (Labrus Tinea, Lin.) The Wrasse. Body reddish, often 

 varied with blue, red, and yellow ; pectoral fins large and round- 

 ed ; dorsal fin with sixteen spinous rays. About a foot long. 

 Inhabits European seas. B. Donov. Brit. Fishes, pi. 72. 



C. gibbus. (Sparus gibbus, Shaw.) The Gibbous Wrasse. Back 

 arched, carinated, sloping to the mouth ; sides spotted with blue 

 and orange, and above each eye a dusky semilunar spot ; sixteen 



