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spinous rays in the dorsal fin. 8 inches long. Inhabits British 

 seas. Penn. Brit. Zool, iii, pi. 56. 



C. chrysops, Cuv. (Lw/zawH,s, Bloch.) The Golden-eye. Head wedge- 

 shaped ; sides, belly,, and head silvery, shading to violet at the 

 lateral line, and deep violet on the back ; dorsal fin with eleven 

 spinous rays, the anal with three ; fins pale yellow, violet on the 

 margin ; iris golden. Inhabits American seas Block, pi. 248. 



C. erythropterus, Cuv. (Lutianus, Bloch.) Head compressed ; back 

 brown j the sides and head silvery, and the fins red ; the pecto- 

 ral fins pointed, the caudal slightly notched, the others round- 

 ed ; eleven spinous rays in the dorsal fin. 8 inches long. In- 

 habits seas of Japan. Bloch, pi. 249. 



C. notatus, Cuv. (Lutianus, Bloch.) Body yellowish, spotted with 

 brown, a black spot on each of the base of the tail ; dorsal fin 

 with fourteen spinous rays. 5 inches long. Inhabits Indian seas. 

 Bloch, pi. 251, fig. 2. 



C. Linkii, Cuv. (Lutianus, Bloch.) Head narrow before, grayish; 

 body pale violet coloured ; fifteen spinous rays in the dorsal fin. 

 ]2 inches long Bloch, pi. 252. 



C. virescens, Cuv. (Lutianus, Bloch.) Head elongated and obtuse ; 

 body yellowish, with longitudinal brown lines and greenish fins ; 

 twelve spinous rays in the dorsal fin. 8 inches long. Bloch, pi. 254. 



C. lapina, Cuv. (Labrus, Gmel.) Body ovate, oblong, brown above, 

 white beneath ; sides marked by a triple red spotted line ; pec- 

 toral fins yellow, ventrals blue, the others violet. Inhabits Me- 

 diterranean sea. Shaw, iv. 459. 



C. merula, Cuv. (Ldbrus, Gmel.) Body blackish blue, with large 

 scales. 12 inches long. Inhabits European seas. Shaw, iv. 507. 



C. viridis, Cuv. (Labrus, Gmel.) Body green, yellowish beneath, 

 with a longitudinal blue stripe on each side. Inhabits Mediter- 

 ranean sea. Shaw, iv. 501. 



Gen. 28. CORICUS, Cuv. Lutianus^ Risso. 

 Body oblong ; lips thick and fleshy ; mouth protractile ; front 

 teeth conical and pharyngeal, teeth blunt ; margins of the pre- 

 operculi dentated; cheeks and operculi furnished with scales. 



C. virescens, Cuv. Body deep green on the back, passing into gol- 

 den yellow on the belly ; head and throat traversed by violet 

 lines ; snout prolonged into a bent tube ; lateral line bent. 3 

 inches long. Mediterranean sea. Risso, Ich. de Nice, 280. 



C. Lamarckii, Cuv. Body flattened, bluish on the back ; sides sil- 

 very pink with black points ; belly silvery with red points ; snout 

 elongated, tubular, and of a copper red. 4 inches long. Inha- 

 bits Mediterranean sea. Risso, pi. 9, fig. 29. 



Gen. 29. CHEILINUS, Lacepede. 

 Head scaly ; front teeth conical, the pharyngeal blunt ; upper 



